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kirstieellen's review
3.0
Peculiar, INC certainly left me with some mixed feelings. I had a long debate over whether to rate it 3 or 4 stars, obviously in the end I went with 3, but if I could I would have given it 3.5.
The book is VERY religious, which is fine if that's what you were expecting. There was nothing in neither title nor blurb that indicated (to me at least) how centralised around religion this book would be. I didn't realise that "INC" stands for, "In the name of Christ", not an abbreviation for "Incorporation" as I originally assumed. Whoops.
However, despite my initial shock due to perhaps my mistake of underestimating the religious influence in the book (and a few spelling errors scattered throughout the book), I did in fact enjoy it. Throughout the progress of the character's journey I grew to love them. Kim, Justus, Coda, Ezekiel, Maya, Eden, Terry, Renata and Rico unitedly create a unique and intriguing world. There's some seriously awesome action scenes in the book and the spiritual gifts of each character are really cool (personally, my favourites were Justus and Ezekiel). Half way through the book I was still questioning what exactly was going to happen, it seemed to just be following the lives of the graduates and what their powers brought to them. More importantly, I was going, what does Patricia have to do with this? But all revealed itself in time. I couldn't work out for the life of me exactly where Solitaire and Hollow fitted into the picture either. But hey, I soldiered on, assuming everything would reveal its purpose in its own time. And boy was I right. I really want to praise Calloway for some AWESOME plot twists - the revealing of Solitaire's and Hollow's true identities?! Wow, dude, seriously cool. Did NOT see that one coming.
On another level, you don't need to have a strong religious base to understand the book, but I certainly would say it's more enjoyable if you do. Being Catholic, I found the religious influence in the book superb. The way Calloway has taken his own concepts about God and the ways of The Lord, and put it into words, was poetic to say the least. I really enjoyed those moments when the characters describe their stance when it comes to faith - it really makes you look at things differently, allowing you to put some great descriptions to your own beliefs, even.
Overall, I did enjoy the book. It may not be the best book I've ever read, but the action combined with the faith-entrenched moments was a great combination.
The book is VERY religious, which is fine if that's what you were expecting. There was nothing in neither title nor blurb that indicated (to me at least) how centralised around religion this book would be. I didn't realise that "INC" stands for, "In the name of Christ", not an abbreviation for "Incorporation" as I originally assumed. Whoops.
However, despite my initial shock due to perhaps my mistake of underestimating the religious influence in the book (and a few spelling errors scattered throughout the book), I did in fact enjoy it. Throughout the progress of the character's journey I grew to love them. Kim, Justus, Coda, Ezekiel, Maya, Eden, Terry, Renata and Rico unitedly create a unique and intriguing world. There's some seriously awesome action scenes in the book and the spiritual gifts of each character are really cool (personally, my favourites were Justus and Ezekiel). Half way through the book I was still questioning what exactly was going to happen, it seemed to just be following the lives of the graduates and what their powers brought to them. More importantly, I was going, what does Patricia have to do with this? But all revealed itself in time. I couldn't work out for the life of me exactly where Solitaire and Hollow fitted into the picture either. But hey, I soldiered on, assuming everything would reveal its purpose in its own time. And boy was I right. I really want to praise Calloway for some AWESOME plot twists - the revealing of Solitaire's and Hollow's true identities?! Wow, dude, seriously cool. Did NOT see that one coming.
On another level, you don't need to have a strong religious base to understand the book, but I certainly would say it's more enjoyable if you do. Being Catholic, I found the religious influence in the book superb. The way Calloway has taken his own concepts about God and the ways of The Lord, and put it into words, was poetic to say the least. I really enjoyed those moments when the characters describe their stance when it comes to faith - it really makes you look at things differently, allowing you to put some great descriptions to your own beliefs, even.
Overall, I did enjoy the book. It may not be the best book I've ever read, but the action combined with the faith-entrenched moments was a great combination.
csrcalloway's review
5.0
Having reread this book, I'm more convinced that it expresses so many of the things I intended it to. I hope it touches you all and that you stay buckled in for the entire ride!
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