.mau. ha recensito God Just Wanted To Play Golf di Craig W. Chenery
Review of 'God Just Wanted To Play Golf' on 'Goodreads'
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[Disclaimer: I got this book via LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program]
Actually I did not receive the book via the Early Reviewer program (there had been a mismatch); the author was so kind to give me a review copy. The story verges to horror, which is not my cup of tea; luckily it is not heavy horror, so I managed to go through it. I even enjoyed more the second part, the one with the zombie-demons, because it is more fast-paced; I think that the first chapters should have been trimmed, since they are quite slow; it took me a while to read that section. I liked the idea of a bureaucratic afterlife where God (Gary O'Donnell) is a CEO for the Christian part of the Earth and who is not really interested in what happens to His flock, either live or dead; also Death (Steve), who got crossed because …
[Disclaimer: I got this book via LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program]
Actually I did not receive the book via the Early Reviewer program (there had been a mismatch); the author was so kind to give me a review copy. The story verges to horror, which is not my cup of tea; luckily it is not heavy horror, so I managed to go through it. I even enjoyed more the second part, the one with the zombie-demons, because it is more fast-paced; I think that the first chapters should have been trimmed, since they are quite slow; it took me a while to read that section. I liked the idea of a bureaucratic afterlife where God (Gary O'Donnell) is a CEO for the Christian part of the Earth and who is not really interested in what happens to His flock, either live or dead; also Death (Steve), who got crossed because he started receiving bugged lists of dying people and decides to see what happens if he skips one, is nice. Probably the Heaven should have been depicted a bit more in detail, instead of writing a lot about Oceanview, AZ, where many characters remain unidimensional. So, don't get scared by the beginning and go through the book!