I picked this book up recently because it was on sale. A couple years ago, just prior to the release of this book I believe, I read Taylor’s first book, Shadowmancer. I thought that it was a pretty well written book and thought that I would get to reading Wormwood. I finally got around to it.
Taylor’s writing deal heavily in the supernatural and the doings of angels and demons play a major role in his books. As the story began I found myself confused a bit and having a hard time seeing where the plot may be leading and what the story was actually about. I stayed with the book and was glad by the end that I had. I have found that many good stories reward those who persevere.
The many characters in this book serve to point to the reminders that sin has a great hold on us and attracts us away from our true calling. Flawed people are we all. We all must chose the voices that we will listen to. As the book reaches it’s climax, Abram (actually an angel named Raphael) has the following conversation with Blake:
“Humans have always relied on their own instincts to do right. You have searched for power and wealth, and have starved your souls with your fancy philosophies and non of you have noticed. It would be better that you believed in nothing than everything served to you as belief.”
“But what ---,” Blake tried to interrupt.
“And as soon as calamity strikes you raise your hands to the air and cry out to the sky for help. You hope that all will be forgiven and goodness will come running like a frail servant bound in chains of your making, bowing and begging and tugging at his old grey beard, thankful that he’s been remembered. Well, it’s not like that!”
All I can say is, “how true!” We look to seek after the things we want and the power we desire and to be in total control until something comes along and reminds us that we never really have had that power we search after. Then we want to turn to our heavenly Father for rescue and answers.
If you are looking for a page turner book that might just make you think about how you are going through life, this could be a great book for you. It also is a powerful reminder that there is some much to reality than we truly see, know, or understand. We seem to need the constant reminder that “our struggle is not against flesh and blood” and that there are powers and principalities at work in the world around us at all times. The battle is real, even if the outcome of the war has been settled.
Taylor’s writing deal heavily in the supernatural and the doings of angels and demons play a major role in his books. As the story began I found myself confused a bit and having a hard time seeing where the plot may be leading and what the story was actually about. I stayed with the book and was glad by the end that I had. I have found that many good stories reward those who persevere.
The many characters in this book serve to point to the reminders that sin has a great hold on us and attracts us away from our true calling. Flawed people are we all. We all must chose the voices that we will listen to. As the book reaches it’s climax, Abram (actually an angel named Raphael) has the following conversation with Blake:
“Humans have always relied on their own instincts to do right. You have searched for power and wealth, and have starved your souls with your fancy philosophies and non of you have noticed. It would be better that you believed in nothing than everything served to you as belief.”
“But what ---,” Blake tried to interrupt.
“And as soon as calamity strikes you raise your hands to the air and cry out to the sky for help. You hope that all will be forgiven and goodness will come running like a frail servant bound in chains of your making, bowing and begging and tugging at his old grey beard, thankful that he’s been remembered. Well, it’s not like that!”
All I can say is, “how true!” We look to seek after the things we want and the power we desire and to be in total control until something comes along and reminds us that we never really have had that power we search after. Then we want to turn to our heavenly Father for rescue and answers.
If you are looking for a page turner book that might just make you think about how you are going through life, this could be a great book for you. It also is a powerful reminder that there is some much to reality than we truly see, know, or understand. We seem to need the constant reminder that “our struggle is not against flesh and blood” and that there are powers and principalities at work in the world around us at all times. The battle is real, even if the outcome of the war has been settled.
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