Title: Rehabilitation (Series Novella)
Genre: Dystopian Christian Fiction
Author: C.B. Stone
This book popped up on my Facebook feed, and I decided to give it a read.
The world of Sunday worship and freedom to own a Bible was destroyed in the God Wars. The Elite bombed anything and anyone to do with God. That was the Old World. They now live in the New World.
Sinna is a firm unbeliever in a world where belief is punishable by imprisonment and death. This wouldn’t be problem if her best friend, Jacob weren’t the exact opposite. He believes in God and isn’t afraid of the consequences. When Jacob gets taken for his belief, Sinna devises a plan to rescue him from the Rehabilitation camp the Elite has put him in.
I wanted to like this book. I thought the premise was really good, but the style of writing didn’t mesh well with my tastes. First Person is used to draw the reader closer to the main character. When written incorrectly, it creates the opposite effect and puts a bigger barrier between the reader and the main character. That’s what happened here. Most of the book is a long internal monologue about Sinna’s feelings and unbelief. I think there needed to be more action and dialogue to reveal character than just paragraphs of feelings.
Some people may love this type of writing. And if you do, this is a wonderful book! It just didn’t work for me.
Genre: Dystopian Christian Fiction
Author: C.B. Stone
This book popped up on my Facebook feed, and I decided to give it a read.
The world of Sunday worship and freedom to own a Bible was destroyed in the God Wars. The Elite bombed anything and anyone to do with God. That was the Old World. They now live in the New World.
Sinna is a firm unbeliever in a world where belief is punishable by imprisonment and death. This wouldn’t be problem if her best friend, Jacob weren’t the exact opposite. He believes in God and isn’t afraid of the consequences. When Jacob gets taken for his belief, Sinna devises a plan to rescue him from the Rehabilitation camp the Elite has put him in.
I wanted to like this book. I thought the premise was really good, but the style of writing didn’t mesh well with my tastes. First Person is used to draw the reader closer to the main character. When written incorrectly, it creates the opposite effect and puts a bigger barrier between the reader and the main character. That’s what happened here. Most of the book is a long internal monologue about Sinna’s feelings and unbelief. I think there needed to be more action and dialogue to reveal character than just paragraphs of feelings.
Some people may love this type of writing. And if you do, this is a wonderful book! It just didn’t work for me.