Andrew S Hess

Three Stars is generous

Revisado: 03-13-25

Pros: The plot was decent in parts.
Cons: The ending was a total cop out, the ridiculous sound effects made it nearly unlistenable, way too many voice actors (all the men sounded virtually exactly the same. Should've just had one guy do it), Virtually ZERO character development.

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WAAAAAAAAAY too religious.

Revisado: 11-07-24

I understand the word faith is in the title, but this book is disingenuous in the amount of proselytizing and evangelizing done by using her father's story is absurd.

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MASSIVE Waste of time.

Revisado: 10-03-24

this book could have been half as long and there would still be items left to cut. I felt like I was being waterboarded with unnecessary information that didn't advance the plot. I'm just glad that I finished it.

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Too many threads for my brain to track.

Revisado: 06-30-24

I'm not going to lie, this one was really hard for me to get through. Maybe it was just trying to keep up with 3 books' worth of characters and their respective threads and backstories. I had to go back a few times for things I missed. I definitely liked it, but I was hoping to not still be confused by the end of the trilogy. Unfortunately, I am still quite confused.

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Would have gotten 5 stars...

Revisado: 07-02-23

A truly great story to be sure, but DESPERATELY in need of an editor. So many parts just dragged for me.

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Ugh.

Revisado: 12-03-22

I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. I have enjoyed most of Nick Offerman’s writing in the past, But parts of this book annoyed me for a couple of reasons that I will list.
For some reason in this book, Offerman is determined to use every antiquated ten dollar word that exists. Honestly, for a while it felt like I was reading Walt Whitman. I don't mind expansive word choice, but after a while it began to seem like he was deliberately using old-fashioned words and sentence structure.
Offerman’s insistence in this book to appear as an everyman is rather hard to swallow when he details how out-of-touch he and his wife are with how the rest of the country is/was going through the COVID pandemic. As someone who works in the medical field and was in countless COVID units throughout my area, it is kind of a sore subject, even though he and I share similar thoughts on how to best survive the pandemic.
I never thought I’d say this about him as a leftist myself, but in this book, he comes off as what those on the political right would call “Hollywood Liberal Elite.” I hate that I felt that about one of my favorite actors and humorists, but it just really rubbed me the wrong way. I think it was the description about how he and his wife just bought a massive airstream trailer and went around the country “glamping” while people were dying of COVID, losing their jobs, and forced to shelter in place. It was obnoxiously insensitive.
I understand that overall, Nick and Megan are probably good people who mean well and care about others, but it just seems like neither Nick nor the editors read the room before dedicating so much of this book to a glamorous COVID vacation.
Additionally, the epilogue gets awfully preachy and holier-than-thou. I agree with his overall message, but there is too much scolding the reader.
It is not without bright spots (his writing about his trip to Racy Ghyll was particularly good), but overall I didn’t really care for it. Hopefully his next book is more like his earlier writing.

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could have been better

Revisado: 05-02-22

this is a romance novel masquerading as a dark mystery book. the climax of the book was revealed far too early and there were zero twists.

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This book is in bad need of an editor.

Revisado: 03-03-22

The story was impossible to follow and I never knew what the hell was going on. It read like someone found a notebook full of random essays and just published it and called it a book. Three stars is generous in my opinion. Just a baffling lack of structure.

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Buy this book!

Revisado: 12-30-21

Probably the best story of righteous revenge that I've ever read. I loved every bit of it.

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Terrible. Don't waste your time.

Revisado: 03-24-21

I can't believe I wasted my time on this book. The author could have cut hundreds of pages (several hours) from this book, but insisted on wasting time including dozens of red herrings. On top of that, he seemed determined to give it the most frustratingly out-of-left-field ending that left me determined to never read anything he's written again.

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