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Saints are not born, they are made. And many, as Saints Behaving Badly reveals, were made of very rough materials indeed. The first book to lay bare the less than saintly behavior of thirty-two venerated holy men and women, it presents the scandalous, spicy, and sleazy detours they took on the road to sainthood.
In nineteenth- and twentieth-century writings about the lives of the saints, authors tended to go out of their way to sanitize their stories, often glossing over the more embarrassing cases with phrases such as, “he/she was once a great sinner.” In the early centuries of the Church and throughout the Middle Ages, however, writers took a more candid and spirited approach to portraying the saints. Exploring sources from a wide range of periods and places, Thomas Craughwell discovered a veritable rogues gallery of sinners-turned-saint. There’s St. Olga, who unleashed a bloodbath on her husband’s assassins; St. Mary of Egypt, who trolled the streets looking for new sexual conquests; and Thomas Becket, who despite his vast riches refused to give his cloak to a man freezing to death in the street.
Written with wit and respect (each profile ends with what inspired the saint to give up his or her wicked ways) and illustrated with amusing caricatures, Saints Behaving Badly will entertain, inform, and even inspire Catholic readers across America.
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Sainst as Real People.......2007-07-09
Thomas J. Craughwell must have enjoyed doing the research for this book, because he made the people that he told about just like you and me. He in a timely manner began to tell of those saints who in the earlier part of their lives were notorious for wrong doing such as St. Moses the Egyptian who was a Gang Leader and a Cutthroat until was befriended by monkls and began a new life. The anti-pope St. Hippolytus was unique in that he would not give up his claim to the Holy See until he was sent to hard labor in Sardinia. St. Thonmas a'Becket was shown in his original life before his troubles with Henry II as a somewhat wicked and selfish man. Saints go from the early history of the Church until the l920's with the life of the Venerable Matt Talbot who was for many years was an alcoholic.
The book makes one want to inquire abouyt the saints and to realize that we can if we choose become part of the elect.
The author is witty and the prose is easy to read.......2007-05-22
Non-Christians may have trouble with this book as it tells of the lives of a very diverse group of Christian saints. (But, if they are not anti-Christian, they may enjoy the reading and benefit from the book.) Catholics, Protestants, and Greek and Russian Orthodox readers should find these saints' lives encouraging. I mention this as there are exemplary life stories here from all their respective geographical areas.
These individuals were never "lukewarm". By God's grace, they converted from being hardcore sinners to being heroically self-sacrificing, courageous and charitable people (in other words - saints). They put their strong faith into constructive actions that helped others.
This book reminds us that God really does care about what is going on down here on earth. Buy it for a friend or loved one who is struggling with his/her Christian faith in these difficult times.
Saints behaving Badly.......2007-04-11
This is a delightful book, that can be picked up and read at any place. It is much more in keeping with the humanity of people in the past who despite an early sinful career were able to change. So there is hope for us all. Well written in a style that is easy to read.
Saints can be sinners, too!.......2007-02-24
Don't let the title fool you. These were really marvelous people that were human to say the least. It is refreshing to note that few start out as saints, but gives hope that we can all work towards becoming one.
Not So Much About Saints Behaving Badly as About the Power of Conversion.......2007-02-13
An interesting and intriguing look at human beings who have risen above and--in some cases--resisted themselves to become saints of God.
At first glance, the title might seem to indicate this book is an attempt to criticize, demean or "tear down" saints. Nothng could be further from the truth.
This book is not so much about "saints behaving badly," as it is about the power of conversion. Very well done. Not "preachy," but effective. The facts and the lives speak for themselves. A good way to get a cursory initiation into the lives and personalities of the saints.
This book gives us all hope that we, too, can live better lives. Saints? Maybe not, but better lives, that we can do...It all depends on the power of conversion and we, to a certain degree, determine that.
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Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the cloistered convent lie two nuns–one dead, one critically injured–victims of an unspeakably savage attacker. The brutal crime appears to be without motive, but medical examiner Maura Isles’s autopsy of the dead woman yields a shocking surprise: twenty-year-old Sister Camille gave birth before she was murdered. Then another body is found mutilated beyond recognition. Together, Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. As long-buried secrets come to light, Maura Isles finds herself drawn inexorably toward the heart of an investigation that strikes close to home–and toward a dawning revelation about the killer’s identity too shattering to consider.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon and The Apprentice comes a chilling new novel of suspense featuring Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles, on the deadly trail of an anonymous madman who's committed an unholy crime.
Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered in the early morning hours at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the sanctuary walls of the cloistered convent, now stained with blood, lie two nuns -- one dead, one critically injured -- victims of an unspeakably savage attacker.
The brutal crime appears to be without motive, and the elderly nuns in residence can offer little help in the police investigation. But medical examiner Maura Isles's autopsy of the dead woman yields a shocking surprise: Twenty-year-old Sister Camille, the order's sole novice, gave birth before she was murdered. Then the disturbing case takes a stunning new turn when another woman is found murdered in an abandoned building, her body mutilated beyond recognition.
Together, Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror that connects these terrible slaughters. As long-buried secrets come to light, Maura Isles finds herself drawn inexorably toward the heart of an investigation that strikes closer and closer to home -- and toward a dawning revelation about the killer's identity too shattering to consider.
As spine-tingling as it is mind-jolting, The Sinner showcases Tess Gerritsen in peak form -- bringing her intimate knowledge of the dark depths of criminal investigation brilliantly to bear. Beneath its layers of startling insight into the souls of its characters, and the richly wrought depiction of the everyday war between good and evil, beats the unstoppable heart of an irresistible thriller.
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Another Great Suspense Story With Great Characters.......2007-09-01
Tess Gerritsen's third Jane Rizzoli novel (which should, in all fairness, be described as a Rizzoli and Isles novel at this point) starts out with a bang by showcasing Dr. Maura Isles, the forensic pathologist of the team, as she walks up to a murder scene. The imagery and the sadness the author creates that clings to Isles is so strong it's stayed with me every time I imagine her.
The mystery moves into high gear and Gerritsen gets to showcase some of her medical knowledge with a weird birth defect on one of the two nuns that have been attacked and left for dead. Both nuns had their throats slashed. One of them is dead from her wounds. But the other, whose carotid artery was also severed, was saved by the genetic deficiency. As it turns out, people are sometimes born and live all their lives without their carotid arteries ever functioning. Its knowledge like this that's part of why I enjoy Gerritsen's books so much.
To add more confusion and emotion to the mix, Dr. Isles's ex-husband turns up and rekindles the old romance between them that has never quite died. This is the first time in the series that Isles weighs in heavily in the story. In the previous two books, the focus has primarily remained on Rizzoli.
Rizzoli returns with her usual tougher-than-nails demeanor in this one. She, and the reader, never forgets for an instant that she's a woman working in a man's world. Things get complicated for her in this one too when FBI Special Agent Gabriel Dean puts in another appearance. As it turns out, Rizzoli is pregnant with his child and she doesn't want to deal with him or the pregnancy.
The pregnancy and issues of the men in their lives alternately pull Rizzoli and Isles together and push them apart. While these subplots are interesting, and do help keep the pages turning, they also tend to get the way and deflect from the main mystery at hand.
The hidden agenda involved in this one is also farther away from Boston then the previous two books. THE SINNER leans more toward an international thriller in its complexity. The pacing in the middle field off, because it slows down to degree when compared to the other two books (and even books later on in this series). It feels a little like Gerritsen had a good idea for an international thriller, then scoped that into a Rizzoli novel. But it works really well to bring out this new relationship (relationships, actually, as it turns out) between these women.
Although the prologue gave away a lot of the story, Gerritsen's skill as a writer remains formidable. Although I had most of the mystery figured out, I still found myself staying up later than I should have to keep turning pages. Her prose, even when the plot sags a little, remains easy to read. She's one of those authors that you can trust to deliver every time you open the book.
A Great Read.......2007-08-09
Rare is the thriller that can scare me enough to leave the lights on at night, while bringing me to tears. The Sinner did both. Filled with more twists and turns than a labyrinth, The Sinner throws a curve at both Jane Rizzoli and ME Maura Isles. Jane must deal with a huge obstacle in her life as well as her relationship with Gabriel Dean, and Maura must face her own ghosts in the form of her ex-husband.
This book serves as a pivotal point in the character development of both women, and is a must-read if you are a follower of the series.
The mystery itself is tantalizing and surprising. No plot spoilers here -- you must read it yourself to see how the death of two nuns in Boston relates to a terrorist attack on a colony of lepers in India. A true page-turner.
Paper Thin.......2007-07-24
The plot starts well, the situation is palpable, and there's the usual drip of medical information so we feel like we're inside the autoposy room with somebody who knows the inside scoop. In the end, everything is just too nifty. The fact that all of this actions takes place within the confines of these few characters set new standards for the word 'contrived.' Mix in a stiff main character who doesn't know what she wants from men, and who lets an old one back in much too easily, and you have the recipe for a leaden story and a big, long yawn.
The science of secrets and lies.......2007-05-29
I've loved Tess Gerrison's work for a long time now. She is one of the best medical thriller writers who maintains the mystery without putting too much high brow medical jargon while at the same time not dumbing it down to the masses. I also loved this book as it was a departure from the Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles that we had met in The Surgeon era.
Rizzoli and Isles meet up once again over an autopsy table and crime scene. This time the two of them find an unspeakable crime has been committed. Two nuns have been beaten behind the walls of their convent. One who succumbs to her attacker's blows is only twenty and the other is an elderly woman who is clinging to life. Upon closer inspection, much to their surprise, on the autopsy table it's discovered that the younger nun had recently given birth. Sure enough, a dead newborn is found on the grounds.
From there the story unfolds into some odd occurences that otherwise are not connected, but will eventually weave together nicely in a web of secrets and lies. A woman with no face is found in a downtown slum. Dr. Isles's ex husband suddenly reappears after three years of silence after their divorce. A former executive in Boston is found stuffed in the truck of his car, the victim of an apparent hit. And far far away, there was a massacre in a village in India a year ago. What do they all have to do with each other? Although on the surface, they seem irrelivant, they find out they are all related.
On personal notes, Rizzoli and Isles find their romantic lives suddenly taking unexpected turns. Rizzoli had an affair with an FBI agent, Agent Dean, in Washington, and finds herself pregnant. They have a happy ending, which was, even though I am completely embittered by men's antics, a refreshing change of pace from the doom and gloom the both of them face day to day. While Isles's ex husband has reappeared, as they divorced at some point I didn't see an opportunity for reconciliation, but a temporary distraction. Not wanting to let go of the past or reaching out to another in the spirit of lonliness. But what really shocked was Isles's instant attraction to the parish priest. Something is definately brewing under the surface, and will no doubt be followed up on in the next book.
Another Fantastic Gerritsen Read.......2007-05-19
I am a recent addition to Tess Gerritsen's fan club. I love her characters and I love learning more about them in each book. I've recently ordered all of her past books so I could catch up.
The Sinner is a page turner. I couldn't put it down. I love her quick moving stories and the suspense she builds. I highly recommend it.
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Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, by Eamon Duffy, is a wonder of comprehensive compression--a sumptuously illustrated, one-volume history of one of the most influential human institutions in world history. Duffy's lively portraits of the 261 scholars, scoundrels, and spiritual guides who have led the Roman Catholic Church are embedded in six historical essays that proceed chronologically from St. Peter to John Paul II. Duffy, a reader in church history and fellow at Cambridge, writes in the mannered yet affable tone of an avuncular English don. His narrative and arguments convey his own Catholic conviction that "the story of the popes is a crucial dimension of the providential care of God for humankind throughout history." Yet he also offers candid assessments of papal moral failings, including spectacular failures such as the orchestration of the Spanish Inquisition and the willed ignorance of Germany's Third Reich. Duffy's glossary of theological terms ensures that no secular reader will be lost in Christian arcana, and his excellent bibliographical essay will help motivated students zero in on the best resources for learning more about any period of Catholic history. For readers primarily concerned with current events, his analysis of John Paul II's papacy is extraordinarily useful and refreshingly free of cant. "To many people Pope John Paul seems a backward-looking figure, a man attempting to force a champagne cork back into the bottle," Duffy writes. "To others, he points the way towards a recovery of balance, a restoration of order and true faith in the flux of time. Only time, and the next conclave, will reveal which of these directions in their long walk through history the heirs of St. Peter will take." --Michael Joseph Gross
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This abundantly illustrated book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II.
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saints and sinners:a history of the popes.......2006-08-10
an extensive overview of the Popes,excellent reading,in-depth and still enjoy the book and will always use it for future references.i highly recommend this reading to anyone who wants to read about the Holy fathers.
An Informative Window on the Origins of Modern Christianity.......2006-07-10
Mr. Duffy does a fine and scholarly job of throwing light on the early days and evolution of Christianity following the deaths of the Apostles.
Though a declared Catholic himself, the author does not shirk his scholarly duty or flinch in portraying the corrupt and sordid turmoil which traditional, institutional Christianity asks us to believe was the historical conduit - now two thousand years long - through which the truth about Jesus Christ and his teachings has been conveyed to the modern world.
With the historical record before us in such credible scholarly works as Mr. Duffy's, who but a total fool could believe for a minute that what we have received from this debauched and corrupt tradition is a trustworthy and dependable rendering of the religion of Jesus Christ?
What reasonable person could believe that any of the outrageous historical shenanigans depicted in Mr. Duffy's book were authorized, empowered and approved by the God of either the Old or New Testatment, or would have been looked upon with favor by the humble Man of Nazarath himself?
By what distortion or corruption of logic and common sense could a person living today be asked to believe that, having traveled long and only lately emerged - if indeed it has emerged - from the very sewer of history, this tradition does, in its many modern institutional varieties and variations, Catholic, Protestant and Othodox, somehow accurately and thoroughly convey to us the mind and will of God and the "good news" of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Not likely, friends.
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very good.......2005-09-30
i am pleased with this purchase. i just wish that more books of this nature were available in larger print. overall i am very pleased
OK Book.......2004-10-08
I am a complete history buff and particularly European history. I was looking for a book about the history of papacy and after doing a lot of research on Amazon, I got this book. First of all I didn't like the style of writing; it was a bit difficlut to read. Secondly and overall, it didn't talk about the world that was going on around the past 1800 years of papacy, how the European culture was being formed/influenced, various wars and famines, etc. For example, the book barely talks about the inquisitions!! I was so looking forward to learning about inquisition, but not a whole lot.
But there is still a very good amount of interesting information in the book, and I admit I leanred a lot.
I have been reading books from Ross King lately, and I find them just amazing and resourceful (Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling) Don't get fooled by the titles, the books talk so much more than just a dome and ceiling, the books talk about art history, history of the region, famous and influential people of the time, etc. I just can't get enough of his work.
Saints and Sinners Indeed.......2004-07-09
Eamon Duffy's small tome - a contradiction in terms, admittedly, but such a contradiction aptly fits its subject matter - is probably about as detailed a history as one could have in slightly less than 400 pages. Duffy aims towards a fair, balanced view not only of the papacy's history, but of individual popes. The title of the book itself describes not only those that make up the history of the papacy, but the conflicting tendencies that existed within individual popes as well.
Part of the benefit of reading this book is that one not only learns the socio-historical elements of the papacy - and it should be remembered that the papacy is the most administrative and political element of the Roman Catholic church - but the development of the theology behind the papacy. The primacy of the bishop of Rome emerges as the most historically contentious issue. Duffy notes that the 2nd century Church Father Irenaeus gives the Church of Rome a place of primacy in his writings, but that the idea of the pope being successor of St. Peter the apostle is not documented until the 3rd century. The tensions between the bishop of Rome and the bishop of Constantinople begin to develop more after Constantine moves the center of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople, wedding politics to religion in Constantinople in a new way.
Duffy writes that until Charlemagne, the Church of the East was not only the hotbed of the heresy, but also the hotbed of political dissidents; that such political-religious friction should exist in the capital of the Roman Empire, given the new union of religion to politics, is not surprising. Duffy tries to sort through the various political-religious controversies of this time period, but it becomes obvious that splitting religion from politics in the ancient Roman empire is difficult, if not impossible to do. The history of the papacy between 1054 (the Great Schism between the East and the West) through Napoleon is largely corrupt, however. Once the empire split in two, Rome becomes the political-religious center of the West and the papacy's spirituality degenerates as it is continually thrown to the highest bidder. The Reformation and the religious wars of the 17th century appear to be inevitable. The fragmentation of Europe into nation-states, although largely political, was not without theological ramifications.
Interestingly enough, the distance between the spiritual and secular-political elements of the papacy happens with the theological development of papal infallibility during Vatican I. The official teaching steered clear of the radical views of the Ultramontanists, who held that everything the pope taught was infallible - that revelation was "on tap", as Duffy puts it. Vatican I still gave to the papacy (the office, not the pope as an individual) a level of primacy and honor that has long been claimed by the bishop of Rome, but it rendered the pope's "infallibility" only in matters pertaining to faith and morals (therefore, not politics, science, art, etc.), of concern to the whole church and in consultation with other bishops; the pope will be guided by God should he speak "ex cathedra" - from the chair of Peter. Duffy immediately notes that this has only happened one time, on the issue of the assumption of Mary into heaven (which the vast majority of Christians have believed since at least the second century). Despite the controversy that this doctrine has brought about, Duffy's coverage of it causes it to seem rather anti-climactic.
The book may end seeming a bit dated to some, as the last chapter only goes through 1997 (with a passing reference, oddly enough, to 2002). Duffy covers the highly controversial papacy of Pius XII with a good bit of critical sympathy and then proceeds to discuss the period of Vatican II and what a watershed event it was. He notes the theological changes, the political tensions and the changes that occurred between popes John XXIII and Paul VI as the latter continued to convene the council. He concludes with the current pope, John Paul II, noting his philosophical brilliance, his desire for reunion with the Eastern Orthodox Church and his conservativism regarding the theology of the papacy. He notes that John Paul II is a complex figure, at once a humanist and theologically conservative, defying the simple labels of "liberal" or "conservative". Although John Paul II's full history has yet to be written, Duffy provides an excellent trajectory from where he has gone to where he is likely to go by the end of his life.
My only complaint with the book is that Duffy shows something of an ambivalent attachment style to most of the popes after 1054. While a "liberal" such as John XXIII garners heavy praise from him, other popes less conducive to the modern era are denigrated. The question is, "what makes the modern era so great and why should modernizing trends be seen as necessary and/or good?" In many ways, I agree with Duffy, but would also prefer to not have a pope praised at one point and then berated only a few pages later; at points Duffy sounds like a broken record as he oscillates between the two for one pope after another.
In the end, though, this is a very well written book. The appendices - a list of the popes, a glossary and how a pope is made today - are helpful. The history of the papacy is a thick one and Duffy does not make light of this, including at the end of his book a bibliographical essay that details secondary and primary sources that further illuminate each time period he covers. For a fuller understanding of Western political and/or religious history, historical theology and/or Roman Catholicism, this is a find edition to include in one's library.
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Award-winning novelist Elizabeth George (A Great Deliverance, Well-Schooled in Murder) returns with In Pursuit of a Proper Sinner, her 10th installment in the Lynley-Havers series. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley has his work cut out for him: two mutilated corpses are found in a prehistoric stone circle in Derbyshire. One is the daughter of Lynley's former mentor, Andy Maiden.
What's more, the inspector's partner, Barbara Havers, has been suspended and is facing criminal charges of assault and attempted murder. Was Havers really saving a drowning child or was she disobeying orders? Why, then, did she fire a rifle at the detective chief inspector, and how could Lynley ethically justify it? As he grapples with the ramifications of his partner's radical insubordination, the case in Derbyshire grows in daunting complexity.
Once again, Elizabeth George delivers an intricately woven plot, which efficiently navigates the reader through nearly 600 pages. Along the way, readers will be introduced to a delightful cast of supporting characters from the dowdy Phoebe who finds the first gory cadaver to the stately Andy Maiden: "His face was drawn with exhaustion, and his growth of peppery whiskers fanned out from his moustache and shadowed his cheeks." And, of course, fans will get an eyeful of George's trademark, her vivid descriptions of death: "At her feet, a young man lay curled like a foetus, dressed head-to-toe in nothing but black, with that same colour puckering burnt flesh from eye to jaw on one side of his face." --Rebekah Warren
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The narrative talents of English stage actor Derek Jacobi are put to excellent use in this intriguing mystery of a double murder most foul. Author Elizabeth George presents her popular detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers with one of their most grisly and difficult cases ever as they search for clues to a bloody crime while struggling to repair their own strained partnership. George's mystery bobs, weaves, twists, and turns from a packed West End theater through the sumptuous halls of a country manor and into the desolate reaches of the high country moors before revealing its delightfully wicked and suspenseful conclusion. Jacobi tackles the complex plot and diverse cast of characters with relish, working his theatrical skills into an outstanding performance. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) --George Laney
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Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently. To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, brought in to investigate by special request, this grisly crime promises to be one of the toughest assignments of his career. For the unfortunate Nicola Maiden was the daughter of a former officer in an elite undercover unit, a man Lynley once regarded as a mentor. Now, as Lynley struggles to find out if Nicola's killer was an enemy of her father's or one she earned herself, a disgraced Barbara Havers, determined to redeem herself in the eyes of her longtime partner, crisscrosses London seeking information on the second murder victim. Yet the more dark secrets Lynley and Havers uncover, the more they learn that neither the victims nor the suspects are who they appear to be. And once again they come up against the icy realization that human relationships are often murderous...and that the blood that binds can also kill.
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If you're a mystery fan reading them in order, this is probably where you should stop........2007-07-26
I have been an Elizabeth George fan for years, mostly because she has had nice tight plots and Havers has been a very real character, touching and exasperating at the same time.
I wish somebody had been around to tell me when to quit, so that I did not go on to read the later books where the series went downhill so badly.
You can see the signs in this book, which is too long, includes some very unrealistic and unlikely situations, and has the characters behaving in the stupidest possible manner in order to move the story along.
Still, it's readable; it does tell a story. It's not as excellent as the early Lynley-Havers books were, but it's passable. The next one she wrote, A Traitor to Memory, really isn't. That one is over 200 pages too long, wallows around taking forever to tell a simple and rather dull story, and it shows all too clearly that Ms George has lost interest in her characters. From there she goes on to write one without Lynley and Havers, A Place of Hiding, in which Simon and Deborah fail to carry the weak plot and you have to listen to Deborah whine about her own shortcomings for hundreds of pages; then she writes one, With No One as Witness, that takes the regular characters and centers the story on them to the point where the angst overwhelms the thin story at tedious length. As I write this, the most recent book, What Came Before He Shot Her, isn't really a mystery at all, but what passes for a psychological study of a young murderer who apparently has troubles of his own that explain his murdering.
Please don't get me wrong; the first books are still very good, and I don't want to deny her any praise for them; she's earned her right to go off in a different direction and try not using a proper editor if she wishes to, and good luck to her. But if you are a reader who likes a good mystery story with all sorts of twists and red herrings and a process of solving the mystery to observe, enjoy, and try to anticipate--well, stop here, say thanks to the lady, and move on to some other series. If you've never read P.D. James, her writing is always restrained and elegant, the mystery element is always honest, and she has never written a book without having a story to carry it along; she never tears up her characters as a substitute for a good plot.
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner.......2007-05-12
If you have read any of Elizabeth George's mystery's before, then you will not be surprise by this one. It's fun, easy reading. I've been reading her books for awhile now and enjoy the characters she writes about.
For me, the end of Elizabeth George.......2007-05-11
I have long been a fan of Elizabeth George, and have been especially impressed with her development of Barbara Havers' character; however, I found this book to be depressing and repellent, relying on gratuitous descriptions of kinky sex as a plot device. These are mental pictures I do NOT want to see. . .and are NOT what I read for. I was SO disappointed. . .and in fact, have hoped that this was just the result of an editor standing over Ms. George's shoulder pointing out that sex is what sells books. I fear that Ms. George is only too willing to buy into that, and I'm sorry to see it happen. It's a waste of a fine talent.
George at her best!.......2006-07-05
By far, one of George's best. Excellent character development and plotline. FYI, there are references to S&M that some readers might find disturbing.
Too dark and too long.......2006-03-14
I remember reading "Playing for the Ashes" and "For the Sake of Elena" many years ago and really enjoying them. I hadn't read any of EG in a few years and decided to check her out again a few months ago by reading this book and "In the Presence of the Enemy" which I read just prior to this one. I was disappointed with this one.
What struck me most negatively in both these books after reflecting on how much I enjoyed her previous novels were the creepy and obsessive references to sex. Both these books overdid it. In this one, I didn't need to know so much about the S&M scene - it seemed almost gratuitious. The result is a dark, ominious feeling throughout which made it a downer of a read during our rainy winter. I was surprised to find how much I came to dislike Lynley - he seemed so inflexible. Barbara seemed like everso the doormat, though Nkata was likeable. The book was way too long, and I found myself close to not finishing it - I ended up caring so little for the characters in the end.
I would have liked to have seem Havers' relationship with Azhar developed more.
If you are a EG fan, you'll probably enjoy it - it was well written. But not that satisfying for me. I think I'll head back to Tony Hillerman and the Southwest!
Book Description
SINNERBook Four of The Wayfarer RedemptionThe land of Tencendor has been united for more than forty years, thanks to Axis, who is the legendary Starman. He defeated Gorgrael and brought peace to the three races--and upon fulfilling his destiny, Axis and his consort Azhure retired to the ethereal sphere in the heavens, and ceded his authority to their son Caelum.But the path of the son is not necessarily that of the father. Caelum is untried and has known nothing but peace during his lifetime. And while the three races seem to be at peace, there are undercurrents of jealousy and bitter memories buried just beneath the surface. So when strange powers begin to manifest in their world, and threaten the destruction of all he holds dear, Caelum will have to find the strength to fight this threat--and to fight his mortal brother Drago, who is not as powerless as he appears to be. Something killed their sister, and Caelum knows Drago is the culprit--but the Supreme Ruler of the land must have proof, and Caelum has none.Caelum desperately tries to juggle saving the world with proving his brother killed their sister, but time grows short and the demons are drawing near....
Customer Reviews:
Sinner.......2007-09-25
A good author gone DARK.....What Happened to cause such a dramatic change in styles of writing we may never know but this is NOT the Sarah Douglas I began reading.
Dark Fantasy & Horror fans may find some pleasure here but all other fans of her first books should BE AFRAID.. Its like stepping from 1 world into another that would frighten Even Stephen King, and that World is very dark indeed...Ripping babies from wombs and tearing to pieces is a BIT MUCH Sarah.........you lost me, and MANY others I'm sure!!!
Very Self Destructive Writing IMHO......WHY????
Thats the real Question!!!
The beginning of the end.......2007-03-17
The ties that binded this mythology together begin to unravel. As I enjoyed the first three, it is a sad thing to have to say, but the characters leave much to be desired, the story is splintered, and the brutality is often unnecessarily gruesome.
Wow, What A Change!.......2007-02-16
Though Sinner takes the focus away from Axis, Azhure, and the other seven Star Gods we've met in the first three books, the new characters don't disappoint in terms of depth and experience. Drago and Caelum, who seemed to be sketches of Cain and Abel, respectively, during the first books, now have a different sort of relationship now that they are all grown up. The only thing I found odd about Sinner upon first read was that the book skipped ahead 40 years from the end point of Starman. But later on, I understood why Douglass had chosen not to write about the 40 years of peace--she makes constant flashback references that sketch out the plot quite nicely anyway, and after all, conflict makes the (fictional) world go 'round. This book does take the series in a vastly different direction from what you might expect, but it's an intriguing change and a welcome surprise anyway. And for Faraday fans, her reappearance is also quite refreshing to the overarching plot. If you want to see how the idyllic realm of Tencendor can change (for better or worse), definitely pick this book up.
Alert for tender sensibilities. (slight spoiler alert).......2006-12-03
It has been a bit since I read this book. The main caveat that I would like to let people in on is that the brutality level jumps SIGNIFICANTLY with this book in the series. Some of it is fairly nauseating. I was mostly upset by this in that having read the first trilogy one would come to expect a certain "rating," if you will, and having it jump from pg-13 (behind closed doors, commented on afterwards rape) to NC-17 (Forced aborting of a pregnancy by the mother, open rape of 2-3 characters) is disconcerting at the least. I think she has a lot of intreguing ideas, but that was the main shocker for me.
Utterly depressing; a total disappointment........2006-11-30
I read and loved the first three books of the Wayfarer Redemption series. Admittedly, her writing is not that great as far as just the craft of it; some of the dialogue is awful, in fact. And there are all the, as one other reviewer pointed out in a review for another of her books, RanDom CapItaliZations. But the technical failings of her writing aside, the first three were quite enjoyable, and while I felt sorry for Faraday, I was pleased that it was not a universally happy ending, as too many authors tend towards. Everything has a price, and that was reflected nicely in the conclusion to Starman.
So when I found Sinner in a bookstore, I snatched it up, eager to re-enter Tencendor, which I had grown to love.
I was sorely disappointed.
Axis and Azhure (my favorite character) are basically gone. They make a half-dozen appearances, and in essence all they do is throw up their hands and get pissy. Useless. Caelum has grown into a whiny, unprepared, wavering "leader", while RiverStar is an absolute waste as a character, useful only in that she could conveniently be killed off to further the plot. Zenith is a nice exception to the SunSoar children; except that she gets possessed by the vengeful and twisted spirit of Azhure's mother, Niah. Which really doesn't make much sense, as in the first books we were shown this conception of Niah as caring, loving, etc. Now, she's basically a possessing demon.
Thus, the disappointments of the "characters". Let's move on to the "plot", shall we? It's been 40 years of peace and relative harmony. But without a bad guy to struggle against, there can be no plot, and since Gorgrael is gone, we need to find a new enemy. Enter the TimeKeeper Demons. Despair, hunger, pestilence, etc. Each somehow rigged to a certain time of day, which seems rather nonsensical to me. But we have these demons, and they are coming toward Tencendor. There's a nasty side-effect to this, though; in their coming, they are blotting out the Star Dance through the Star Gate. Which renders the Enchanters and Star Gods impotent. In the end, these demons come crashing through the Gate, and destroy it in the process.
Which, in essence, snuffs out the magic of Tencendor. There's still the power of the Mother, but without the power of the Stars, it's a bleak and pointless world. I read fantasy to be swept up by the magic of other worlds. The end of this book rendered this particular world magicless, depressing, and boring. What point in continuing?
Sara Douglass must have been using these books to write out some very dark things in her life; I cannot see any other reason to subject her loyal readers to this kind of drivel. The end of this book depressed me; it ended the view of Tencendor I had as a beautiful and magical place and made it a place of horror. I see no reason in slogging through the next two books, although I might wander into a bookstore and read the last twenty pages or so of the final book, just to see if she makes it even slightly all right again in the end. I believe in everything having a price; but not a price that blots out the whole world.
In essence, if you enjoyed Tencendor through the first three books, don't start this second half. Just let Tencendor stay how it was before this book.
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Nazareth, Texas Deputy Sheriff Jim Doe plunges into a renegade manhunt after the town's sheriff is gunned down. But unbeknownst to him, the suspect-an American Indian-holds chilling connections to the disappearance of Doe's sister years before. And the closer Doe gets to the fugitive's trail, the more he realizes that his own involvement in the case is hardly coincidental. A descendant of the Blackfeet Nation himself, Doe keeps getting mistaken for the killer he's chasing. And when the FBI's finest three profilers descend on the case, Doe suspects the hunt has only just begun. But beneath the novel's pyrotechnic plotting, the deeper psychic cadences of Stephen Graham Jones's prose take hold. His specific imagery and telling detail coalesce into the literary equivalent of an Edward Hopper painting. But like the other seminal works in the genre (Fight Club, Red Dragon), All The Beautiful Sinners will unnerve you, and it will then send you back to page one to experience its mysteries all over again.
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Terrifying and Terribly Good.......2007-09-04
I'll admit, I picked up this book because I once heard its author say, "Why couldn't Joyce have written about something intrinsically interesting, like werewolves?" But "All the Beautiful Sinners" far and away exceeded my expectations.
The novel feels like Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" and its progenitor, "Deathbird Stories" by Harlan Ellison, sharing drinks with Hamlin Garland's "Main-Traveled Roads." There's a fantastical element to the book, though no magic as such enters the story. But this fantasy is combined with a terrifying visceral quality, as well as a clear-eyed view of the American Midwest.
The story centers on Jim Doe and his pursuit of hideous serial killer The Tin Man (though this name is not given to him until something like halfway through), as well as the parallel efforts of three FBI agents. The agents and Jim Doe seem superficially to work together, but in many ways they are working separately and, it sometimes seems, against each other.
But the plot, for all its visceral nature, comes almost second to Jones' grasp of style and symbolism. In Jones' hands, what could seem to be almost cliché characters (the FBI agents, in particular, would have been easy to mess up) are interesting and lively. The narrative is truthful and almost never stilted, and Jones uses symbolism delicately, but without an overabundance of subtlety (and yes, there is such a thing). His use of flocks of birds and storms as symbols is powerful and evocative, as is his depiction of the Midwest.
This is definitely a book I would recommend, though if you have a low tolerance for grisly, nigh-ghastly crime, perhaps it should be avoided -- The Tin Man's preferred method is truly disturbing. However, for those with strong stomachs and a little time, this is most certainly a book worth reading.
An Utterly Confusing Pile of Words.......2006-09-22
I have to says ATBS, at the core has a decent story, that's the only thing that kept me reading this confusing, and often annoying novel. I see the positive reviews posted here, and I just don't get it? If this is a "thinking man's thriller", or if you have to go back and read it from the beginning once you are a quarter of the way through it, just to understand the novel, like one reviewer claims, then what's the point? Through the course of the novel we are introduced to 8-10 key characters, only 3 of which have any depth or backstory. We are introduced to a small town deputy who goes chasing after a serial killer who follows tornado activity, our protagonist I guess? But after about 1/3 of the novel, the deputy is relegated to a secondary role, and a young FBI agent becomes the central character, I think? Even the serial killer, who should be a menacing figure, gets watered down with a twist the novel takes 1/2 way through? Of course nothing is as it appears is what Jones is trying to tell us I guess, but the lack of consistancy when it comes to characters is headache inducing when trying to figure out who is doing what and why. We aren't given any reason to care about anyone in this novel, it's almost impossible to make an emotional investment in any of the characters as they are so weakly drawn. The dialog is choppy and hard to follow, and the dreamlike, train of thought narrative style doesn't help. I really do wish an editor had gotten ahold of this book, trimmed it down to 300 pages, and crafted a James Lee Burke or "Silence of the Lambs" like thriller from the nugget buried in the middle of this mess. I don't recommend this novel to anyone.
Read This Book.......2006-05-18
Stephen Graham Jones's All the Beautiful Sinners is a spectacular thriller written with an elegant prose style and told with sharp, cinematic imagery. Its characters, often complex and kinetic, inhabit a harsh, unforgiving America-a place where serial killers are gods and children do their bidding.
This is not a book for the squeamish, nor for the lazy. It is an intelligent read. Characters talk like real people, react to their surroundings like real people would react, but live in an extraordinary environment. It is not a difficult book, but the reader must pay attention, as readers should for any book.
If you enjoy thoughtful writing, read it. You will inhabit its landscape, will walk (and sometimes run, sometimes cradling broken appendages) with its characters, and will come to love even the darkest edges of its menacing reality.
I highly recommend All the Beautiful Sinners to anyone who loves good writing.
Pay Attention.......2004-11-29
This book forces you to pay attention to what's going on--because a lot is happening--or else you'll be forced to come back and read it again. This is a very engaging tale about perhaps the most in-depth villain I've ever read about, a young Indian Sheriff who's been searching for his sister for years, and a couple FBI agents thrown into the mix. The book is so thought-out and so involved you can't help but admire Stephen Graham Jones' abilities here. His prose is beautiful and a hell of a lot better than hacks like Anne Rice. I wish I could fully encompass what a great book this is here, but unfortunately my skills are very limited. I cannot hope to do this work justice...you'll just have to read it for yourself.
who kiddin who?.......2004-05-27
ok, so i am somewhat skilled in writing and the use of english as a first language, but this book beat me down. by the third-quarter i gave up and stopped reading. irrelevant is the ending, simply because i did not understand the book from the beginning. while 'ulysses' is not the type of material i enjoy still i made valiant efforts to decipher characters and plot but oh well, guess the butler did it?
Book Description
From Bibles designed to look like glossy fashion magazines to mega-churches with ATMs, rock climbing walls, and in one case, a drive-thru McDonalds, the nuances of conservative evangelical culture are no mystery to Robert Lanham, who has his roots in the Bible Belt. Now, with his anthropological eye and trademark wit, Lanham has compiled a handy guide to the evangelical right for those who can expect to be left behind in the End of Days.
Customer Reviews:
Hilarious!.......2007-10-10
I grew up in a right-wing Christian family in the South, and this book brought it all home, but so freakin' FUNNY! It's total fluff, so don't be expecting some in-depth analysis of right-wing politics or anything, but it's definitely a funny - yet pointed - look at certain aspects of American culture. Definitely worth the five bucks I paid for it, just for the laughs I got the first time I read it when I recognized everything they were talking about.
anti-christian and inaccurate.......2007-08-23
The author has stooped to a new low. Example: I can't believe he made fun of Christian Rock the way he did. Yes, there are problems in the industry. And yes, there are some really stupid band names out there. However, bringing up bands like Skillet, Kutless, and Switchfoot and accusing them of being sell outs or rip offs is uncalled for and just plain wrong. The songs that they sing are uplifting and ROCK at the same time. In some cases they sing about redemption after major struggles in life. For those of you reading this - there are two sides to every story and there are things in this book that are mostly one sided. Do your own research - but the other reviewer is right - there is a reason that this book is sold used for a penny.
There is a Reason You Can Buy This Book Used for a Penny.......2007-07-13
There is a reason you can buy this book used for a penny! All it does is make fun of conservative Christians. You now, the ironic thing is, one of the biggest criticisms most liberal Christians and "sinners" have of conservative Christians is that they are intolerant and judgemental - which is EXACTLY what this book is! Imagine that, pretty hypocritical. I dont expect that most people will say this review was helpful, because most of the people that will look at this book as a potential buyer and read this review will be hypocritical lefties being intolerant and judgemental.
Funny...and frightening........2007-06-13
This book is very funny in parts...it tries too hard in others.
As I read it, I laugh out loud. When I put it down, it suddenly dawns on me (again) that this is not fiction. Scary stuff. But still pretty funny.
Hilarious but contains factual errors.......2007-05-26
This book is very funny. It is also in at least one instance prophetic: this book exposed Rev. Ted Haggard as a creep BEFORE Haggard was forced out as pastor of his church, New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, because of revelation of Haggard's trysts with a gay male prostitute. However, Lanham's information about Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky is inaccurate. Lanham says the church has 16 basketball courts and a rock climbing wall. The church does not have a rock climbing wall, and it has 4 basketball courts, not 16. This inaccuracy makes a reader wonder if Lanham's claim that he actually visited all of the megachurches profiled in the book is true.
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- Another story about the "troubles"
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Pray for Us Sinners
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A fast-paced thriller about a British explosives expert who goes on a dangerous undercover mission in the IRA.
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Another story about the "troubles".......2001-09-10
I have read a number of books about the conflict in Northern Irleand, some fiction, some not. The best story I have read is "Field of Blood" by Gerald Seymour. However "Prya for Us Sinners" is a realistic protrayal of the devious ways all parties to the conflict operate. It is a short novel, and quickly read. The author shows that there are really no "good guys" in this battle, and trust is not something you can count on.
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In a world of swift and sweeping cultural transformations, few have seen changes as rapid and dramatic as those experienced by the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea in the last four decades. A remote people never directly "missionized," the Urapmin began in the 1960s to send young men to study with Baptist missionaries living among neighboring communities. By the late 1970s, the Urapmin had undergone a charismatic revival, abandoning their traditional religion for a Christianity intensely focused on human sinfulness and driven by a constant sense of millennial expectation. Exploring the Christian culture of the Urapmin, Joel Robbins shows how its preoccupations provide keys to understanding the nature of cultural change more generally. In so doing, he offers one of the richest available anthropological accounts of Christianity as a lived religion. Theoretically ambitious and engagingly written, his book opens a unique perspective on a Melanesian society, religious experience, and the very nature of rapid cultural change.
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- Karr as a religious poet
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Sinners Welcome: Poems
Mary Karr
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Mary Karr describes herself as a black-belt sinner, and this -- her fourth collection of poems --traces her improbable journey from the inferno of a tormented childhood into a resolutely irreverent Catholicism. Not since Saint Augustine wrote "Give me chastity, Lord -- but not yet!" has anyone brought such smart-assed hilarity to a conversion story.
Karr's battle is grounded in common loss (a bitter romance, friends' deaths, a teenage son's leaving home) as well as in elegies for a complicated mother. The poems disarm with the arresting humor familiar to readers of her memoirs, The Liars' Club and Cherry. An illuminating cycle of spiritual poems have roots in Karr's eight-month tutelage in Jesuit prayer practice, and as an afterword, her celebrated essay on faith weaves the tale of how the language of poetry, which relieved her suffering so young, eventually became the language of prayer. Those of us who fret that poetry denies consolation will find clear-eyed joy in this collection.
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Karr as a religious poet.......2007-03-19
When it comes to Donne or the early Eliot, readers are drawn by the poet's edginess. Think about "The Relique" or "St. Narcissus." In Mary Karr's collection "Sinners Welcome," Karr trafficks in the essential difference between the incarnational God and the Olympian god: God (at least one of the three persons) underwent the human experience by having walked among us. These bold poems by Karr both startle and reward the reader.
A competence sustained by faith.......2007-03-14
If you read poems on the whole as simple bursts of emotion, you may like this book. If however you think poems should be read by the line and stanza, each word having a kind of purpose unto itself, then you'll probably feel the way I do about this:
Before my first communion at 40, I clung
to doubt as Satan spider-like stalked
the orb of dark surrounding Eden
for a wormhole into paradise.
If this passes for either poetry or theology, we're all no doubt damned.
this is it.......2007-02-17
An absolutely wonderful book. I was moved to tears by many of the poems. If I could only own one book of poetry (thankfully that's never the case) this would be it. My knowledge of Mary Karr began with her memoirs (The Liar's Club and Cherry) , but one does not have to be familiar with her memoirs to appreciate Sinners Welcome.
love Mary Karr but not crazy about this book.......2007-01-03
It was too religious for me - but I will buy and read anything Mary Karr decides to write - she's amazing. If you haven't read the Liar's Club you need to read it immediately!
poet for our time.......2006-11-10
mary karr writes directly and poignantly about her life "of sin." Her return to a life of faith is described tenderly and clearly in the book.
I would describe it as a counter cultural behavior in our secular society
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