John an unemployed, ex-gang member, meets a
beautiful woman in a bar. They spend the night talking, and connecting,
leading up to what was suppose to be a night of lust. It ends much
differently than expected. This novel is full of action, secret
societies, genetic mutations, biker gangs, and betrayal. The Furies has
such potential to be a great novel, but there were things that just didn't work
for me in this book. The first and most important thing that would have
helped me to connect with the story is the introduction. The novel wholly
takes place in the present; do not put something from the Elizabethan area,
when the reader will never be brought back to that time period.
Everything that is shown in the introductory chapter is explained later
in the book. I would really drive the mystery of the story if the
introduction were cut out of the book. The second thing that was
confusing to me was creating God, or 'birthing' God into the world. I can
understand wanting to make the world a better place, or creating heaven on
earth, but how exactly would this group of people 'create God', it just didn't
make sense to me. Also if this group of people doesn't believe in a God
or a deity, then why are they always thanking a 'Mother' or asking a 'Mother'
for help. It seems to me that they do believe in God, just a female
representation of God. Also, I'm not wholly buying into an FBI agent
being as gullible as Agent Larson was in this book. The last thing that
bothered me was the second sex scene, it was downright clinical. Maybe, I
didn't get it because I am a woman and it was written with a male audience in
mind, but it made me uncomfortable reading it. I have read books with a
lot of sex in them, so it's not that I am shy and feel ashamed reading about
sex, it wasn't unconventional dirty sex either... I guess I am going to
have to stick with it being too clinical. I really hope that a second
addition of this book is released, maybe with some rewrites, because I really
like the idea behind the book, and I really enjoyed the science fiction aspect
of it.
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