Good Reading, One Flaw
925063
Enjoyed reading the book.  The only serious logic flaw I noted was that when the female witness to the first murders was in turn killed, it was noted that only three people knew of her location and one of those was the chief.  But Barnes and his boss did not pursue that.  Why not?
917174
The book itself is an amazing read and I would recommend to anyone who even mildly likes fantasy and romance novels. I gave the book four stars for a single minor reason, at least in my eyes. Certain sections sound as if the author is trying to hard to use fancy diction and misuses some words, most likely because the words themselves are a tad more obscure than your average vocabulary and mistakes them for similarly spelled words that mean something close to what they're going for. Like I previously said overall it's a great read.
2942048
The Poisonwood Bible is a good book written by a capable writer. I enjoyed this work of fiction very much. Ms. Kingsolver does an excellent job  creating imagery, emotion, and characters. Her book is well crafted and  helps the reader see the people of Africa and their culture in a different  light. However, there are some serious flaws in her novel.  First, her  understanding of Baptist Mission Work in general. Ms. Kingsolver would have  done well to contact Southern Baptists to consult about how missionaries  are appointed, trained, sponsored and supported.  Second, Ms. Kingsolver  has the Rev. and daughters frequently quoting from the Apocroypha.  This is  totally out of character for Baptists, as these are a set of writings that  most protestant demonations (and I suppose especially Baptists) do not view  as inspired and are nearly totally unfamiliar with.  The characterization  of Rev. Price as a disturbed man, cruel and wicked, is a stereotype, and  one we see far too often in modern writings. The novel would have had just  as much power, perhaps even more, if he had been portrayed as an honorable,  righteous, loving man who was so fixated on his mission that he did not  notice the needs of his family. The portrayal of his cruelty and abusive  nature hurts the story.  Finally, I wonder, if Ms. Kingsolver's research  was so seriously flawed in regards to the items I have already mentioned, I  wonder how flawed her research on the Congo, the culture of the people, and  the conflict she writes so well about might also be.  Next time, Ms.  Kingsolver writes a novel, I think she needs to research it a bit deeper.
4560560
Great storyline, believable characters, interesting and engaging, wholesome and funny. Great read!  My one main criticism would be that throughout his books he's constantly describing women's breasts. We don't know if they have a pug nose, what color eyes they have, we may get haircolor but we definitely get was going on with their breasts... except of course his wife's. Since women are more than their body parts, can we skip the description of them? Thank you.
1460740
First off let me say that I enjoy reading this book. It was a well written story that kept me interested the whole time. The only negative- the grammar and punctuation. Well, mostly the punctuation. And I'm not talking about the dialogue between the characters or anything, it just simply looks as though the book wasn't edited by someone before being released. It was to the point that i was thinking maybe it was because i was reading it on my kindle, and maybe the formatting was messed up or something??? I don't know though, because I haven't had this problem with any other books. There weren't spaces in between some words and sentences where there should have been, quotation marks were placed in the wrong spots (like before the period) or the beginning one would be there and the ending one wouldn't, the word "newborn" was spelled "new-born", just to name a few. I don't know, I know it seems a little nit-picky, but if things like misspelled words and misplaced quotation marks irritate you a little like they do me, you'll definitely notice.
3761450
Overall, this book was very good. As I was reading it, I never wanted to stop. The main character was described very well, and his actions seemed to have merit. I had no problem with the basic premise of the story. The one problem I had was his ability to sense things by touching them. If he had this power he would have gone mad with images from everything around him giving him signals from the past or future. He would of had to live in a bubble to not get totally engossed by everything. Besides that one thing that annoyed me, I enjoyed this book fully. I put that flaw aside, and read the story for what it was, and it was very good reading. The author has characters you love or hate immeadiatly, and you remember the characters when you put the book down. I always thought that if you put a book down and think about the story weeks later, then it must have been a pretty good book. This novel is one of those books. The ending took me a little by surprise, but then I thought of who the author was, and thought that to myself that the ending he came up with was approriate. A book well worth reading.
1845871
The story is very captivating and easy to follow.  The main question I have is "where is the proof reader?"  The errors in the text are blatant and very distracting!  Wish I could proof read it!  It would be a lot easier to read.
3823471
This is a good fun story; however, the one thing that kept tripping me up was that the author uses the word "that" when referring to people - correct grammar calls for using "who" when referring to people.  I still bought all three books and thought they were good light reading.
4410069
A good book except for a major flaw in the dating of Mark.

I won't dive into that topic here, but Fredriksen dates Mark significantly later than it should be dated, and this results in some inaccurate analysis, but as long as you're aware of that it's still very much worth reading.
1778117
Reading is very enjoyable. I lost quite a few sleeping hours because I couldn't drop the book of my hands. The story is smooth and well written. I didn' t give it a 5 star mark, even though I enjoyed reading it so much, because I felt that the characters and their relationships were not developed in a commprehansive manner. Also, the book ends leaving you with so many topics that are not settled that it seems like the author wanted to wrap up the book and not spend more time on further developing and completing the story. I was quite disappointed to quit reading at this stage. I would love to find greater depths in the personal relationships presented in this book, even if it would make it much longer. Nevertheless, it is very good reading and highly recommended.
3957765
I like all of the books except one. This was a good story.
4740183
Enjoy the characters and story but there are some flaws in the story line where the author contradicts something said before. Nothing that some good editing wouldn't fix, and nor does it detract from an enjoyable read.
592638
Mystery stories are always intriguing.  I admire the authors for their cleverness, but there always seems to be at least one event beyond credibility.  This book avoided this fault until the end, which was not credible.  Still, it was very enjoyable except for the narrator's continuing ignorance.
1162870
This is a good story, but there are a few very serious issues. Generally Goodwin's books are good reads, but I simply must point out that in this book, he has the characters going to their cache to retrieve supplies the day before Passover and says it's completely dark in the woods because it is a new moon.

Passover is on the 14th of the first month of the Hebrew year. It will be very close to a completely full moon no matter if you follow Hillel II or the sighting of the sliver. It would NEVER occur on a new moon. The only feast that does is Yom Teruah (Trumpets).

This is such a glaring error, that I felt I had to point it out. But despite some issues with the author's doctrinal stands, the books are enjoyable, and I do recommend that if enjoy end times type fiction that you will almost certainly like Goodwin's works.
172503
A good example of how mundane events such as; allocation of resources, local politics, choice of crops, training, establishing defenses, and choice of subordinate leaders can become a fascinating read. If I could rate it 4.5 stars, I would. There are still just too many errors of word usage (e.g. "new" instead of "knew", missing articles, etc.) to get the 5th star. While the manuscript would pass a spell-checker, it still doesn't pass the "someone actually read the final version" test. Logical and plausible continuation of story lines.
1039115
Love the characters from this series and have been enjoying reading about them. I just wish the author was more consistent with the details. The character can't walk up to someone who is not there. There are other inconsistencies in a couple of the other books as well, like a characters birth name changed from one book to the next. Other then that still good reads!!
2773672
This could have very easily been a five-star book.  The premise is intriguing and,  with some minor exceptions,  the author is successful in pulling off the narration by a five year old boy. There are certainly some inconsistencies in the narration,  but these can certainly be attributed to the severity of Jack's entire life in "Room. "

My only complaint is the seeming obsession with the breast feeding of Jack.  It really doesn't bother me much that Jack is still breast feeding at age five; but the constant referral to Jack "wanting some" detracts after awhile from what is,  for the most part,  an excellent read.

A mention or two that Jack is still breastfeeding to establish the closeness and dependence of mother and son would have been sufficient and could have enhanced the story.  The constant reference to that fact,  just detracted from the read for me.