Today I'm going to be reviewing Last Year's Resolution, which was provided to me by the author, Robert Lampros. The book opens with Eddie, a quirky playwright. His play, A Hopeful Sigh, is in it’s third year on Broadway. A reporter, Marie, calls him for an interview and they immediately feel a connection (love at first call?) The book jumps ahead pretty fast to when they’ve been dating for a few months. I actually noticed that quite a bit with this book. It seemed rushed, and there was very little character development, and honestly not much of a plot. It only took me around an hour to read, so if you like short books, here ya go.
After we meet our basic characters, we find out the whole premise of this book when the sky catches on fire. Yes, really. It's a Biblical apocalypse. And guess who announces that to us? The president of the United States.
"I think we’d all do well to face a less scientific set of facts here. The Biblical end times have officially begun.....nightmarish creatures will most likely invade our planet, however they will not have the ability to hurt us in any way, shape, or form, provided we believe in God, and specifically in Jesus Christ as Lord." There goes separation of church and state for y'all. Here we have the president telling his citizens to believe in Jesus so they won't die. That would NEVER happen. Ok well, with this election season.....sigh.
I do have to say: at one point a man says it's 120 degrees outside. Just saying, where I live there’s been summers where its reached 116 degrees. Is it just me or is the apocalypse a lot like home?
Anyway, this book follows Eddie and Marie through their adventures during the apocalypse. It's short and sweet, but with that comes the loss of depth. I found myself confused by the large time jumps. I also just wasn't intrigued by the plot. I'm not the type of doomsday person who likes to think about the apocalypse, much less the Biblical apocalypse with all its metaphorical monsters. And like I've said before, books with a strong religious undertone are just never going to be the most popular because first off, anybody who isn't Christian isn't going to read it and second, I am Christian and I still wouldn't read them.
So, if you want a short book and you're interested in learning what the Bible says about the end of the world, this book is for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't suggest it.
I'd like to thank Robert Lampros for the copy of his book and good luck. :)
Colleen
After we meet our basic characters, we find out the whole premise of this book when the sky catches on fire. Yes, really. It's a Biblical apocalypse. And guess who announces that to us? The president of the United States.
"I think we’d all do well to face a less scientific set of facts here. The Biblical end times have officially begun.....nightmarish creatures will most likely invade our planet, however they will not have the ability to hurt us in any way, shape, or form, provided we believe in God, and specifically in Jesus Christ as Lord." There goes separation of church and state for y'all. Here we have the president telling his citizens to believe in Jesus so they won't die. That would NEVER happen. Ok well, with this election season.....sigh.
I do have to say: at one point a man says it's 120 degrees outside. Just saying, where I live there’s been summers where its reached 116 degrees. Is it just me or is the apocalypse a lot like home?
Anyway, this book follows Eddie and Marie through their adventures during the apocalypse. It's short and sweet, but with that comes the loss of depth. I found myself confused by the large time jumps. I also just wasn't intrigued by the plot. I'm not the type of doomsday person who likes to think about the apocalypse, much less the Biblical apocalypse with all its metaphorical monsters. And like I've said before, books with a strong religious undertone are just never going to be the most popular because first off, anybody who isn't Christian isn't going to read it and second, I am Christian and I still wouldn't read them.
So, if you want a short book and you're interested in learning what the Bible says about the end of the world, this book is for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't suggest it.
I'd like to thank Robert Lampros for the copy of his book and good luck. :)
Colleen