Reviews for Concise History of Christian Thought

The average rating for Concise History of Christian Thought based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-10 00:00:00 Sung Lam Fabulous!

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-20 00:00:00 Robert Bettiol I yet still have not decided just how to review this novel because I equally hated and thoroughly enjoyed separate aspects. For story, pacing, narration and setting i would give 5 stars. But for character development, originality, real-life parallels and tidy conclusions I am leaning towards 2 stars. Thus my formula for the resulting 3. This is the first novel I have read by this author. Without a doubt any author writing a courtroom drama since 1995 will be compared to John Grisham. Gimenez and Grisham are practically twins based on this one. I think Grisham spends more time in the courtroom than THE COLOR OF LAW did which is to Gimenez's advantage. The courtroom shenanigans were brief and a bit too Perry Mason for my tastes. However the stripping of the riches from our hero--a character you learn to actually like after the stick from his ass is removed--becomes the focus. I just could not get over these supporting characters! Yeah yeah, it's same old struggle involved Money and Power and Race and the Law. But c'mon, this novel is supposedly set in 2005 yet the way of thinking and speaking was more 1955 or earlier. Every single non-white character was a criminal. or uneducated. or a combination of both. Cant catch a break. Grew in the projects or in the States illegaly yadda yadda yadda. Then again this could have also been the authors way of showing how the posh, top-of-the-hill, rich white characters viewed the former? It was too much. Over-the-top. I found myself getting annoyed with this portion and the tidy ending was oh so Tyler Perry I could hardly stand it. But i made it to the end so that says something for the novel. THE COLOR OF LAW is a great but easily forgotten book. I think i will give Gimenez a second test drive before hiring him onboard. but no time soon.