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Summary: Pack your bags!!! You'll want to visit a few places...
Review: I read this book in two hours this morning, because it was so overpowering with its dusty archeological factoids dissolved in the fabric of world mythology and theological theory. Plus in the tradition of James Redfield, it is a thrilling exploration of the inexplicables. It was like entering into the haze of another world and finding a sense that there is something beyond the daily grind to work towards as a human. Was this classified as a mystery? It was clearly more magical and more meaningful and it saddens me to think it will be parked next to the typical Agathas and Cats series, instead of on the Holy Shelf, where it belongs. A personal note I wish to share with potential readers. Those of you who have already read this will understand what I mean, when I say that I packed my bags right away, and I plan to visit Grand Central, just to look up at the ceiling and to buy some bread. I do believe a pilgrimage to the Holy Land will be on my agenda thereafter. Such compulsions can only occur when storytelling naturally draws your attention to details in travels that readers will feel they have previously glossed over, or when something just feels familiar and yet strange. Please do include yourself in the circle of those of us who have been touched by this reading experience.
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Summary: Compelling
Review: I read this book when it was first published in 1995. I enjoyed it immensely. I found it spiritually inspiring as well as a thought provoking adventure. I hope that the author, Irving Benig, will write a sequel or another book in the same genre. This is a time of great change and with change comes revelation (re-membering). I rank this book up there with such favorites as Messengers, CWG I II III, Celestine and Illuminata.
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Summary: Very strong start, but someone else finished it!
Review: I really enjoyed the first 3/4ths of this novel. The plot was well laid out with plenty of thought provoking layers. I didn't understand why after all that groundwork there wasn't some extraordinary significance to the McGowan name beyond the other names. Why was all this just leading up to their appointment as 'museum curators'?? The last 1/4 of the book needs to be rewritten by the author of the first 3/4ths.
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Summary: A captivating story with a SPECIAL twist
Review: My kudos to Benig on his first novel. Keep up the good work! I picked up the book while on vacation and couldn't put it down till I finished. Benig chooses a tough story line to write about. His imagery is solid. Character development is adequate. But most of all, the book is simply a well-told story about a wonderful subject.... fiction though it is. It's a pleasure to read a mystery that's not about murder, evil, etc. Don't expect religious accuracy. Just try to enjoy.
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Summary: A fascinating subject but very poorly written
Review: The first chapter held promise, but then it fizzled away. The characters were drab, undeveloped and just plain boring. The plot, which could have been exciting and mystical, boiled down to..."and we did this, and then this, and then that...and then we went here..." I am amazed that this book was even published, considering that it lacks suspense, the slightest drop of plot tension, developed characters, believable dialog...it reads like a book that every writing teacher and professional says to avoid.
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Summary: messiah books
Review: The subject of this book caught my eye immediately. By the second chapter, I could tell the author had little experience. The diaglogue was trite and flat. The subject had so much potential that I very disappointed at the end. Why is it that this type of fascinating subject cannot be matched with an author with similar talent? I felt the same way about the Celestine Prophsey.
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Summary: Dialogue a disappointment
Review: The subject of this book caught my eye immediately. By the second chapter, I could tell the author had little experience. The diaglogue was trite and flat. The subject had so much potential that I very disappointed at the end. Why is it that this type of fascinating subject cannot be matched with an author with similar talent? I felt the same way about the Celestine Prophsey.
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Summary: A good short story but a poor novel
Review: This book has an interesting plot and would have made a good short story. To drag the storyline out to fill a novel the author wrote page after page of personal opinion, philoposy, and other non-plot advancing material. It's a book where you read the first sentence of the paragraph and skip the rest while searching for the storyline to continue. Even the final conclusion is unsatisfying.
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