Child of wrath, The third prophecy

This book had one good thing about it that made me choose it over the other books available to review, it's name. Child of wrath: The third prophecy is a name that speaks volumes, you think your getting into an exciting book about a boy who is raised an orphan and learns that he has some grand purpose. You think the book will have wild adventures and interesting characters. You would be very wrong.

The book has a promising start and story, but never even gets close to being good. Written badly, this book leaves out key details and lacks any substantive conversation between characters. The author also has a bad habit of stringing the reader on by asking (through the main character) question interesting and important to the development of the story, and alluding that explanations will be forth coming, but they aren't. He also, makes statements like- I thought I knew what was going on. I couldn't have been more wrong-that serve to disappoint the reader when he doesn't provide anymore description to flush out the statement.

The story itself leaves much to be desired. For instance, never explained is how the magic is generated or even used. The author starts an explanation, but leaves off without finishing. There are so many literary cul-de-sacs in the story that it's difficult to get anywhere. The overall impression is that this book was written in a hurry by an inexperienced writer, without the benefit of proofreading or editing by a third party. I advise that the author keep practicing, but not publish anything until he works out the many problems with this book. He needs to go back to the drawing board and map out this book so that he can find and fill in the holes in this book, only then should he run it by an editor who will honestly critique the book.

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Popes and Bankers

This is a really interesting and informative book. So far I've learned why there is so much animosity between the Catholic Church and the Jews, and where it's from that the stereotype of Jews being, in general, very business savvy. I also seems that the adage "money makes the world go 'round" has some very real weight, which as the book points out is quite unfortunate. Though the book is from the economical and financial perspective it makes clear the relationship that finances and religion had in history and why we are lacking today in it's separation.

Well I finished the book. It was quite enlightening. By the end, I think the author was asserting that it was the lack of personal accountability and responsibility that led to the stock market crash and resulting recession and despair. The individual greed of everyday people (investors)fed into the greed of the corporate traders, lobbyists, and politicians.

The economic and political bigwigs acted as enablers to investors, and took advantage of the greed so salient in today's culture. It was the lack of an overarching set of morals and guidelines that allowed the people to act in selfish and greedy ways without restraint or thought to the consequences of the actions.

The book traces the disappearing relationship of religion on the actions of the economic movers and shakers in the world through time. Read this book and you will realize "in truth, it was a team effort. We all f***ed up. Government. Rating agencies. Wall Street. Commercial banks. Regulators. Investors. Everybody.", Cashill 'Popes & Bankers'2010.

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