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2.7 AVERAGE
Around the middle of this book, I was immediately reminded of when I read Godless by Pete Hautman. In both books, teenagers start their own religion and things go to far creating all sorts of problems. In this novel, Jon is very confused regarding his faith and beliefs. When Jeremiah approaches him and says that God came to Jeremiah in a dream and said that Jon would be part of his new religion, Jon is skeptical at first. But Jon is longing to believe in something--he is longing to belong. And Jeremiah is so sure of himself and so charismatic, that Jon is soon taken by Jeremiah and is completely in over his head when Jeremiah and the other members of the Brotherhood decide they are going to kidnap a terrorist to try and get the government to change the laws regarding the treatment of terrorists. Needless to say, things don't go as planned and Jon begins to question his faith again, this time questioning his faith in Jeremiah, and himself.
Disillusioned in his faith after his vicar father divorces his mom and marries the woman across the street, Jon is drawn to the Brotherhood of Hebetheus lead by the megalomaniac Jeremiah. Jon joins the brotherhood on the mission to abduct a fellow student that Jeremiah claims is a terrorist that goes all wrong. Jon struggles with what is right and the merging of all of his religious thoughts and training new and old as his world slowly disintegrates. Not a book to read before bedtime!
Jon joins a cultish new religion created by one of his classmates. In an attempt to save lives, they kidnap Padma, who they believe to be a terrorist at their school. Bogged down by sentiments that seek to be profound in their search for what God and religion really mean. Kind of unbelievable with a disappointing ending.