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A review by sk24
Prophet by Jennifer Bosworth
3.0
3.5/5
This short story was pretty good all-in-all. It is a very short story and I feel that Bosworth could have easily went a bit more into the explanation of what exactly this community was all about. Other than that, everything was explained in a sufficient, concise manner.
This story was very interesting and well-written. At first, I wasn't sure that I was interested in reading the novel, Struck, as I felt that this story was good enough on its own and I didn't know if I wanted to read an entire novel about it. However, after re-reading the synopsis (because, apparently, I didn't read it properly the first time--or maybe I just didn't remember what the synopsis had said), I am interested in reading the novel that follows this short story. While reading "Prophet", I thought that Rance was the main character and protagonist of the novel as well, but then I re-read the synopsis and discovered that he is actually the villain! What?!? Okay, now I am very interested in reading Struck! I thought Rance (the protagonist of "Prophet") was a good boy, who was just following the messages of God . . . but it seems as though I was wrong . . . he is a villain in the novel and I want to understand why!
This review was also published on SIK Book Reviews
This short story was pretty good all-in-all. It is a very short story and I feel that Bosworth could have easily went a bit more into the explanation of what exactly this community was all about. Other than that, everything was explained in a sufficient, concise manner.
This story was very interesting and well-written. At first, I wasn't sure that I was interested in reading the novel, Struck, as I felt that this story was good enough on its own and I didn't know if I wanted to read an entire novel about it. However, after re-reading the synopsis (because, apparently, I didn't read it properly the first time--or maybe I just didn't remember what the synopsis had said), I am interested in reading the novel that follows this short story. While reading "Prophet", I thought that Rance was the main character and protagonist of the novel as well, but then I re-read the synopsis and discovered that he is actually the villain! What?!? Okay, now I am very interested in reading Struck! I thought Rance (the protagonist of "Prophet") was a good boy, who was just following the messages of God . . . but it seems as though I was wrong . . . he is a villain in the novel and I want to understand why!
This review was also published on SIK Book Reviews