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The Christening
A paperback. Bubble wrapped and shipped within 24-48 hours. Ex library book.
- GenresChristian FictionFiction
266 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1989
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Roger Elwood
183 books28 followersRoger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s. Elwood was also the founding editor of Laser Books and, in more recent years, worked in the evangelical Christian market.
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July 29, 2009
This book sucks, big-time. At the height of the This Present Darkness craze, Christian bookstores were hungry for material with which to stock the new "Christian fiction" shelves. Elwood's Angelwalk, which I have not read, was among the more popular non-Peretti novels, so when The Christening hit shelves in the bookstore where I worked, I bought it.
What the heck. I got the 15% employee's discount.
Totally not worth it. This novel sucks. Don't buy it. Don't read it. And I'm not even talking about analyzing it through the "Christian fiction" magnifying glass. Simply as a novel, with no other considerations, it's weakly constructed and gratuitously violent.
Life's too short to read The Christening.
What the heck. I got the 15% employee's discount.
Totally not worth it. This novel sucks. Don't buy it. Don't read it. And I'm not even talking about analyzing it through the "Christian fiction" magnifying glass. Simply as a novel, with no other considerations, it's weakly constructed and gratuitously violent.
Life's too short to read The Christening.
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November 18, 2022I loved Elwood as a young christian boy. As an adult who's left the religion however - his books are nauseatingly preachy sacrificing good story telling for repetitive Christian philosophy. It's galling and nearly unreadable.
May 10, 2025
I really enjoyed the book. It took a genre and made it horrifying to read. It was easy to flow with the writing and just immerse my imagination in what was being described.
June 23, 2022
This book was absolutely amazing. The twist towards the end really worked with me. However, the only thing I didn't like was the animal violence with that dog. But everything else was amazing. Y'all need to read this if you haven't.
June 23- re-rated it after a little bit of pondering 🤔
June 23- re-rated it after a little bit of pondering 🤔
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