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This novel will appeal to fantasy readers who love a re-imagining.A Christian Fantasy that will leave you deeply touched. This is a thought provoking author # Andre SkoroBogaty.
Enok and the Womb of Gods is an interesting book. It's loaded with imaginary creatures and a unique language. It would probably make a great movie! I also liked that it can be read two ways - one short version that summarizes the story and one long version that fleshes out details.
I appreciated the author's hard work, but this book is not for me. I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight and kept trying to figure out what parts of the story went with which myths instead of enjoying the unfolding of the story.
It was an interesting concept that expands on a story that people who have read the Bible are familiar. I did find it a bit confusing at times and it took me a bit of reading to get into the story. Once I got into it, the story was fascinating and could lead one to do more research into the mythologies.
I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
i really enjoyed this read, the characters were great and I really enjoyed the genres used. I look forward to more from the author.
I found the premise of this book to be really interesting. I've always been fascinated by stories that allude to or entirely riff off of/adapt Biblical stories. To do that for the lost book of Enoch... well, I had no choice but to read this book. Unfortunately, I was left a little disappointed.
I DNF'd this book around 100 pages in. The story was incredibly slow to start. I had the general sense that things were happening, but the prose was sluggish enough (and dense enough) that it felt like the opposite, like nothing was happening. I had no good sense of character identity. The switching POVs threw me off too because the narratorial voice never changed at all.
Something I did like was how much attention to detail this was. Honestly, I've never seen so much detail pored into one story. It was overwhelming to me, but to someone with more of an interest in the "historical" elements of what seems to be a pre-Biblical period, this is the book to check out. Before the story even starts, there were guides on who the characters were, how the pronoun system works, and attention paid to transcribing unique linguistic characteristics of different species' languages.
Overall, I think this is a book for someone with a pre-existing knowledge and interest in not only Judeo-Christianity but also the more obscure, borderline mythical elements that the Bible itself also alludes to. You would also need to be okay with a text that reads sort of like an academic article, if that article followed a narrative line.
A knowledge of religion especially Christian and Judaism is almost essential if you want to truly enjoy this book.
The writing was fantastic, if slightly overwhelming at times due to the sheer amount of information, names, mythologies that are all referenced or talked about. It was fast paced and overall a wholly unique and interesting take on an original story.
A lot to take in. I was extremely overwhelmed and had to DNF but this book had soooo much potential. Instead it would have benefited from multui character perspectives so you remembered who is who. The biblical names were hard to remember and sometimes I couldn't remember where we were...
The cover was good, I didn't understand a lot of things there and that's why I quit it, maybe this wasn't my book at all
Not my sort of thing unfortunately but would definitely recommend for anyone who’s into this sort of historical fiction.....a case of what if!
The writing style was good and descriptive and definitely made the book enjoyable
Almost felt like I was Enoch himself...