improbable and boring, couldn't even get through it reading the first ...
936284
improbable and boring, couldn't even get through it reading the first and last chapers only - good think it was free
3751449
I got this book because I liked the first book in the trilogy so much I thought it would enjoy the other two. The first book had enough of a connection to the Scriptures that I could give mental, imaginitave assend to the possibility. The second book in the trilogy was a little less enjoyable for me.  This one was a disappointment; I found the basic premise implausible. Even in fiction or fantasy, there has to be basic credibily in order to hold my attention. I found myself skipping over more and more material so as to get to the end to find out what was going to happen at the end. I finally gave up--didn't finish it. There is a great deal of graphic violence. I also had trouble keeping up with what was happening, because there are numerous characters, and numerous, rapid switches/changes of scene. I wish I had stopped with Book I in the trilogy.  I received this book as a free copy, and in return, am giving my honest opinion.
3121443
I tried but I could not even finish the first book. The plot is lame, the characters badly developed,  and the writing mediocre. There will be no more revelations for me from that author. I don't understand where good reviews are coming from.
1294754
The first chapter, first action scene with the horses drew me in.  Great opener.  What kept me reading were all the glowing reviews.  Surely I was going to get to a good place in this book.  Wish I would have read all the reviews.  How many times must an author repeat the same lines, the same descriptions, the same feelings?  Please trust your audience to be smart enough to get it after a mention or two.  The story is completely implausible.  Characters' motivations are clear at first then become muddled with little explanation as to why they change.  Who are these people?  Ralph, Catherine, Antonio?  Do people like this really exist?  Probably, but they are not interesting and the reader does not care about them. Not one of them was a redeemable human.  Spoiler:  Lonely man hires reliable wife to kill the son who he abused so badly that the boy ran away.  Abusers, hookers, cheaters, scoundrels.  Are you kidding me?  I can appreciate a "dark" novel and it doesn't have to end with everything tied up nicely, but this was no literary work.  Save your money.  More importantly, save your time!
1831509
This book is so poorly written that I couldn't force myself to finish chapter 1 - I can't recommend it to anyone
3670756
I think I skipped every-other word just to get through this book.

Not sure I could even tell you what it is about.  It made little or no sense and was completely unbelievable.

Save your money and time.
641715
The plot of this book is boring and implausible, akin to the scrawlings of an eighth grader doing a last minute book report while daydreaming. This tome delivers heaping amounts of dull, dull, dull, and the main character, WK, is an undeveloped bore. It took everything I had in order to finish this book, hence I shall attempt to save you that valuable time I shall never regain.
2566129
I really wanted to like this book, I was told by a person that I look up to that this book changed their life. So of course, I was legitimately excited to read it. About a quarter way through, I was just trying to get through it.

People have said "this book is terrifying", but at no point was I scared by it other than the scene where the babies were being electrocuted. It just wasn't scary enough. Was it scary in the 1930s? Maybe. But I feel like anyone, literally anyone, could have written this story better.
I don't think I have ever read a more dull, poorly written book. Endless unimportant conversations, useless descriptive words, a plot that is mostly devoid of meaning. "Oh I must not get it", is what people might think reading my review. I get it. I can sum up this book in two sentences so there's no need for anyone to be tortured by reading it.

What is moral will not always make you happy, and what makes you happy will not always be moral. I could also add a few boring platitudes like, "Everything in Moderation", "Art is a necessity", or "to Love is Human". But really, what could the author be saying that we all don't know already?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
2931126
This story would barely rate publishing on Nifty.org, but putting it out to sell is a stretch; however, I bought it didn't I.  Don't make my mistake and waste your money.  It is implausible, dull, and could really use a good edit or maybe several.  It might be useful in passing the time while waiting for a doctor's appointment, but nothing that requires more than twenty minutes of your time.  I bought it so I made myself finish it, but immediately wanted to drop it off at Goodwill.  I could not imagine circumstances in which I would consider reading it, again.
582873
Very poorly written, it was totally disappointing and flat, and the underlying plot was fairly improbable. Time lines made no sense
793167
I really just couldn't enjoy this book at all. The characters made it impossible and the back and forth between mundane teen paranormal investigator and super cool time traveling biblical hybrid of whatever got old fast. I still don't even "get" the ending.
2601701
Convoluted, boring, and a main character that I would not like to know any better than the first couple of chapters.
2448560
Truly one of the worst books I've ever read. The plot was completely implausible, the writing was so simple, hurried, and at times laughable. None of the characters were likesble. I'm
mad at myself for wasting my time reading it.
2994793
Boring, poor writing - couldn't finish reading it.
3052866
This was boring, did not keep my attention and I can read just about anything.  I couldn't finish it.  I would not recommend.  His first book and its sequel were very good, but not this one.
676235
I really hated this book - yes, I know it's an American classic and all, and seems like everyone likes Hemmingway as an author, but this sure did nothing for me.  Written as a small incident during the Spanish Civil War, I found it totally uninteresting and totally unbelievable - there was just no way I could "suspend my disbelief", no matter how hard I tried - the storyline takes forever to unfold, telling the tale of a soldier sent to blow up a bridge during an impending attack 2 days hence and drags and drags and drags, never even getting to the "action" of the attack on the bridge - that's bad enough, but Hemmingway somehow wants us to believe his totally UNBELIVEABLE story of the band of rebels and their interwoven relationship, during which the soldier and a girl somehow IMMEDIATELY fall into a deep and incredible love affair - WOW, what a disappointing piece of writing and an incredible waste of time reading this - absolutely nothing of interest or BELIEVABILITY in this boring and long drawn out story......
4693174
Intensely boring, pathologically boring, stultifyingly boring...This book is like reading the daily Facebook comments of someone you're sorry you friended who has to describe every mundane activity of her life. Maybe it's meant to be that way for those who love to read about a fantasy world where everyone gets along, romance has no sparkle and there is almnost no action. This doesn't ressemble any family or relationship dynamics I've ever experienced. Spoiler alert: actually I can't call it that because there are no spoilers in this book. But anyway, even the supposed drama of the estranged mother returrning to hit up her daughter for cash carries no major call for mayhem or even therapy. Everyone is so nice to the character involved that ruffled feathers are quickly smoothed. Give me a break! So why did I select this book and even more pertinently, why did I finish it? I moved near the author where she is a local celeb. To fit in to my new surroundings, I read the first book in this series which was only marginally less boring than the second. Then I went to her store for a book signing and had to present one of her gems for a signature. Logically, I picked the next in line, figuring maybe the trilogy improved as it moved along. I finished the book with the cognitive dissonance that such a famous author could write something so amazingly bad. I am not even tempted to read the final book.