Lucifer's Flood Book

I'm disappointed. I picked up this book expecting some sort of intriguing fiction, since the subject sparks mystery, but what I got from it was less than satisfying. It started off well enough to cause me to believe my expectations would be met, but after a quarter of the way through the novel I got bored real fast.

Some of my favorite bits of book were of Dr. Yale and the mysterious stranger Mr. Wonk because there was a hint of mystery. Unfortunately I was quite literal when I used the word "bits": the very beginning and the last chapter. In between those parts is what built up the bulk of the novel: an unnamed demon's diary. I liked the first part because it dealt with the war in heaven, although I felt it to be somewhat lacking, and I liked it up to the point where he spoke of Eden. After that I found it boring. Not to mentioned I disliked the demon narrator.

The unnamed demon writer was a cowardly, sniveling, whinny character that caused the reading to become exasperating at times. I also didn't like the way he spoke. It was too "modern" if I can put it that way. If the diary was printed on ancient scrolls using hieroglyphs then I imagine his speech wouldn't be plagued with slang. I didn't like the way Satan was portrayed either, as he more or less is depicted as a whining brat having one temper tantrum after the other. I have no qualms if the author actually believes Satan to be this way, but it makes it less engaging read in my opinion.

Here's the number one reason the novel failed to live up to my expectations: there was no suspense! I feel somewhat mislead by the books synopsis and cover design because I thought there would be a grander story about the behind the scenes of the spiritual world. Instead the novel played out much like it would have if you read the bible through a demon's perspective. What I gathered what I thought would be about from the synopsis was only the first part of the story. After that it was all bible. It was nice to look at things from the bible a different way, but that was not at all what I was expecting when I picked up this novel from the book store. Sometimes I felt like I was receiving a sermon, where the author tried to be deep, and I felt that slowed down the pace at times. And some of the dialogue between bible character was just bad.

However, not all of it was bad. There were some things mentioned in here that I had never thought about, and there were some nicely written lines and paragraphs. I just wish that the modern day parts were more abundant and that they were weaved throughout the story instead of at the beginning and last chapter. The story ends with a cliffhanger that definitely makes me want to know what happens next to Dr. Yale, but I don't think I want to sit through more of the demon's voice just to get to the good parts.