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Named to ALA's 2010 Rainbow Project list for GLBTQ Books for Children and Teens! Book of Stuart, Chapter 1:10. 10 And, yea verily, Stuart did commit the Sin of Onan in the shower. And this was witnessed by his own brother who did cry out unto their mother. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
11 And the townspeople rose up against him and all Onaners, calling upon one another to tear the youthful sinners limb from unclean limb. And there was much pants wetting.
12 And lo, Stuart did join forces with the demon, Fon Pyre, and together they did set forth to discover the cause of the town's trouble.
13 And, hark! A pair of fallen angels would plant seeds of hatred unto the townspeople. And on the seventh day, Stuart did vow to rip the fallen angels a new one and layeth upon them an epic smacketh-down.
11 And the townspeople rose up against him and all Onaners, calling upon one another to tear the youthful sinners limb from unclean limb. And there was much pants wetting.
12 And lo, Stuart did join forces with the demon, Fon Pyre, and together they did set forth to discover the cause of the town's trouble.
13 And, hark! A pair of fallen angels would plant seeds of hatred unto the townspeople. And on the seventh day, Stuart did vow to rip the fallen angels a new one and layeth upon them an epic smacketh-down.
264 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2009
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February 13, 2016
Actual rating: 3.5
I can't believe this book has a handful of low reviews... I mean, any book with a storyline premise of a teenager getting caught rubbing one out and then the whole town turning against him for it is pure genius! And it's extra awesome with that teenager is a fun character!
I really liked this book - Stuart was a great main character! I loved his attitude on many things and his honesty. Plus he was witty and never really took things too seriously, even when it mattered.
The storyline of the Sin of Onan was just too fantastic! Hilarious and super fun. The demon Fon Pyre was also a lot of fun!
The writing wasn't anything too great. It wasn't horrible, but lines like "I smiled a big smile" are lame and I'll admit to it... but the story was too entertaining, and I never wanted to put the book down, so I will forgive the lack of good writing. Like I said, it wasn't bad, but it certainly could use some improvement.
The ending, however, was very rushed. The fact that it just skipped over parts of the story or very hurriedly moved the scene along to the next step made it seem like the ending was sort of an afterthought and that Mr. Carter just wanted to get to the end results without much thought into how the end results actually came about. And there were some aspects of the ending I thought were a bit unbelievable, even in this story!
But for the most part, I enjoyed it! It was funny, silly, and Stu had some great lines. And that Acknowledgments page was the best Acknowledgments page I've ever seen! It was fantastic!
I can't believe this book has a handful of low reviews... I mean, any book with a storyline premise of a teenager getting caught rubbing one out and then the whole town turning against him for it is pure genius! And it's extra awesome with that teenager is a fun character!
I really liked this book - Stuart was a great main character! I loved his attitude on many things and his honesty. Plus he was witty and never really took things too seriously, even when it mattered.
The storyline of the Sin of Onan was just too fantastic! Hilarious and super fun. The demon Fon Pyre was also a lot of fun!
The writing wasn't anything too great. It wasn't horrible, but lines like "I smiled a big smile" are lame and I'll admit to it... but the story was too entertaining, and I never wanted to put the book down, so I will forgive the lack of good writing. Like I said, it wasn't bad, but it certainly could use some improvement.
The ending, however, was very rushed. The fact that it just skipped over parts of the story or very hurriedly moved the scene along to the next step made it seem like the ending was sort of an afterthought and that Mr. Carter just wanted to get to the end results without much thought into how the end results actually came about. And there were some aspects of the ending I thought were a bit unbelievable, even in this story!
But for the most part, I enjoyed it! It was funny, silly, and Stu had some great lines. And that Acknowledgments page was the best Acknowledgments page I've ever seen! It was fantastic!
November 7, 2012
Reviewed by Lauren Ashley for TeensReadToo.com
EVIL? caught my interest right away because of how original the summary sounded.
A teen boy who is caught masturbating in the shower by his little brother is suddenly thrust into a horrific situation where the people of his town are out for his very life. This confuses Stuart, of course, as he doesn't feel he's done anything wrong. And after all, the town pretty much accepted his being gay, so what's the deal now?
However, the priest believes that Stuart is innocent of wrongdoing and agrees to help him figure out what's going on. It isn't until Stuart confronts the demon, Fon Pyre - who he'd been summoning for awhile in order to get some of his questions about good and evil and heaven and hell answered - that Stuart learns the truth.
Fon Pyre reveals to them that it's a fallen angel who has caused the town's madness. His quest to stop people from "spilling" has made the hatred overflow, but if it gets any worse, the demons are going to be able to crack through the thin barrier separating the two worlds and attack the people of the town.
So why is an angel of all people so set on punishing Stuart and others like him? Is Fon Pyre a truly evil being, or can there be a fine line between good and evil?
EVIL? is definitely a fun and amusing novel. It's a fast read that keeps you flipping the pages. I loved that Stuart seemed like a real person who had his own thoughts about things. However, that does't mean that he won't learn something in the overall scheme of things...after all, how could you not?
I also liked that the paranormal aspect involved angels and demons but was very unique in its own right. It's nice to find something a bit different, a bit odd - it just works!
I'd definitely recommend giving it a read. It might not be your thing, but then again, you just might like it. What's the harm in giving it a try?
EVIL? caught my interest right away because of how original the summary sounded.
A teen boy who is caught masturbating in the shower by his little brother is suddenly thrust into a horrific situation where the people of his town are out for his very life. This confuses Stuart, of course, as he doesn't feel he's done anything wrong. And after all, the town pretty much accepted his being gay, so what's the deal now?
However, the priest believes that Stuart is innocent of wrongdoing and agrees to help him figure out what's going on. It isn't until Stuart confronts the demon, Fon Pyre - who he'd been summoning for awhile in order to get some of his questions about good and evil and heaven and hell answered - that Stuart learns the truth.
Fon Pyre reveals to them that it's a fallen angel who has caused the town's madness. His quest to stop people from "spilling" has made the hatred overflow, but if it gets any worse, the demons are going to be able to crack through the thin barrier separating the two worlds and attack the people of the town.
So why is an angel of all people so set on punishing Stuart and others like him? Is Fon Pyre a truly evil being, or can there be a fine line between good and evil?
EVIL? is definitely a fun and amusing novel. It's a fast read that keeps you flipping the pages. I loved that Stuart seemed like a real person who had his own thoughts about things. However, that does't mean that he won't learn something in the overall scheme of things...after all, how could you not?
I also liked that the paranormal aspect involved angels and demons but was very unique in its own right. It's nice to find something a bit different, a bit odd - it just works!
I'd definitely recommend giving it a read. It might not be your thing, but then again, you just might like it. What's the harm in giving it a try?
June 11, 2025
A strange, strange book. There is a satirical element, suggesting why people become obsessed with one "sin" and are willing to completely overlook others.
The priest here is a good guy who is totally ignored by the congregation — also an interesting element.
High concept young adult satirical humour.
The priest here is a good guy who is totally ignored by the congregation — also an interesting element.
High concept young adult satirical humour.
July 19, 2020
Noch so ein Buch, das einen Titel mit durchs Dach brechendem Cringe-charakter hat. Im Original heißt es "Evil?", was sehr viel weniger beknackt klingt und auch sehr viel mehr mit der Handlung zu tun hat. Anhand des deutschen Titels und Klappentextes habe ich ja eine nette Story um einen dämonenbeschwörenden Teenie erwartet und war dann irgendwie etwas überfordert mit der anfänglich wirklich plump daherkommenden Religionskritik und diesem ganzen Gemeiere um irgendwelche Sünden. Tatsächlich gewinnt die Geschichte aber noch etwas an Tiefgang und wird so ab der Hälfte ganz nett, als der Protagonist feststellt, dass nicht alles ganz so einfach ist, wie er dachte. Der gemeine und vermeintlich so freie Dämon ist allerlei Gesetzen unterworfen, der freundliche Pfarrer hat eine dunkle Vergangenheit, die Dorfgemeinschaft steht unter dem Bann eines gefallenen Engels, der ihnen sein striktes Weltbild überhilft. Am Ende (Achtung, Spoiler!) schafft Stuart es zwar, den Engel mit der Abneigung gegen Onanie zu besiegen, muss aber aufgrund der Geschehnisse dennoch seine Familie und sein Heimatdorf verlassen.
Alles in allem war das Buch nicht so meins. Hab was anderes erwartet, bin offenkundig nicht die Zielgruppe und fand die Erzählung zu hektisch (und dadurch voller Logiklöcher).
(Oh und bei der Lektüre einer anderen Rezension fiel mir auch wieder ein, dass Stuart schwul ist, was aber, von zahllosen Erwähnungen, dass er übrigens schwul ist mal abgesehen, so mega irrelevant für die Handlung ist, dass ich es prompt auch wieder vergessen hatte. Die einzige Bewandnis ist vielleicht der absichtlich merkwürdige Kontrast zwischen dem entspannten Umgang der Gemeinde mit Stuarts Homosexualität im Gegensatz zu ihrer Überreaktion in Bezug auf die ganze Selbstbefriedigungssache. o__o)
Alles in allem war das Buch nicht so meins. Hab was anderes erwartet, bin offenkundig nicht die Zielgruppe und fand die Erzählung zu hektisch (und dadurch voller Logiklöcher).
(Oh und bei der Lektüre einer anderen Rezension fiel mir auch wieder ein, dass Stuart schwul ist, was aber, von zahllosen Erwähnungen, dass er übrigens schwul ist mal abgesehen, so mega irrelevant für die Handlung ist, dass ich es prompt auch wieder vergessen hatte. Die einzige Bewandnis ist vielleicht der absichtlich merkwürdige Kontrast zwischen dem entspannten Umgang der Gemeinde mit Stuarts Homosexualität im Gegensatz zu ihrer Überreaktion in Bezug auf die ganze Selbstbefriedigungssache. o__o)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2014
Really, I'm not sure who this novel is for, not me, surely. This book is not evil, but it's not good either.
Stuart is a gay teen, goes to a fundamentalist Christian school, in a fundamentalist Christian community in Ice Lake, Ontario. He summons a demon to explain what religion should be about. What gets him in trouble is when his little brother catches him masturbating. It turns out his community is run by a fallen angel, who really hates masturbation. And won't use that word, but uses puerile euphemisms...
To say that this little novel makes no sense, has giant plot holes, and wasn't fun, in my opinion isn't enough. Avoid this book.
Stuart is a gay teen, goes to a fundamentalist Christian school, in a fundamentalist Christian community in Ice Lake, Ontario. He summons a demon to explain what religion should be about. What gets him in trouble is when his little brother catches him masturbating. It turns out his community is run by a fallen angel, who really hates masturbation. And won't use that word, but uses puerile euphemisms...
To say that this little novel makes no sense, has giant plot holes, and wasn't fun, in my opinion isn't enough. Avoid this book.
November 26, 2009
I can't get over just how poorly this book was written. I read the synopsis online and thought what a terrific concept it would make; I still think it could have been a good book. The problem lies in the terribly casual way that Carter approaches it. The main character is as two-dimensional as the minor characters and the dialogue is brief and un-appealing. I don't know how he managed to write such a boring conversation with a demon, but he did. Two enthusiastic thumbs down.
September 22, 2018
"Folgende Sünden können neuerdings nicht mehr toleriert werden: eigene Meinung, lautes Lachen, Mittagsschlaf, schwarzer Humor, Selbstbefriedigung, wildes Tanzvergnügen.
Bis auf weiteres sind vorbehaltlich gestatter: Einatmen, ausatmen."
Stuart hat es nicht leicht: als einziger Schwuler in einer erzkonservativ-christlichen Kleinstadt wird er seltsamerweise nicht verachtet, doch als bekannt wird, dass er gerne mal unter der Dusche mit sich spielt, hat das nicht nur für ihn Konsequenzen. Dass sein liebstes Hobby ist, einen Dämon zu beschwören, ist überraschenderweise das einzig hilfreiche.
Ursache für den "Onanisten"-Hass der Stadt ist ein gefallener Engel und nur Stuart, sein Dämon und der Pfarrer sind immun. Eine spannende Hetzjagd beginnt, die man kaum aus der Hand legen kann.
Da ich momentan in der Uni lauter Texte von gutgläubigen Puritanern lesen muss, ist es eine echte Erholung von jemandem zu lesen, der sich kritisch mit der Bibel und Kirchendogmen auseinandersetzt. Wieder sehr spaßig geschrieben, gefiel mir "Dämonenhunger" besser, da abstruser. Dennoch kann man die beiden Bücher unabhängig voneinander lesen, da keine Erzählstränge aufgenommen werden.
Auf jeden Fall ein Must-Read für alle, die glauben, dass Onan wegen Samenvergusses getötet wurde.
Ich freue mich auf weitere literarische - äh- Ergüsse Carters und schaue mir "Dogma" an (von dem ich glaube, dass jeder Religionslehrer ihn einmal gesehen haben sollte)
Bis auf weiteres sind vorbehaltlich gestatter: Einatmen, ausatmen."
Stuart hat es nicht leicht: als einziger Schwuler in einer erzkonservativ-christlichen Kleinstadt wird er seltsamerweise nicht verachtet, doch als bekannt wird, dass er gerne mal unter der Dusche mit sich spielt, hat das nicht nur für ihn Konsequenzen. Dass sein liebstes Hobby ist, einen Dämon zu beschwören, ist überraschenderweise das einzig hilfreiche.
Ursache für den "Onanisten"-Hass der Stadt ist ein gefallener Engel und nur Stuart, sein Dämon und der Pfarrer sind immun. Eine spannende Hetzjagd beginnt, die man kaum aus der Hand legen kann.
Da ich momentan in der Uni lauter Texte von gutgläubigen Puritanern lesen muss, ist es eine echte Erholung von jemandem zu lesen, der sich kritisch mit der Bibel und Kirchendogmen auseinandersetzt. Wieder sehr spaßig geschrieben, gefiel mir "Dämonenhunger" besser, da abstruser. Dennoch kann man die beiden Bücher unabhängig voneinander lesen, da keine Erzählstränge aufgenommen werden.
Auf jeden Fall ein Must-Read für alle, die glauben, dass Onan wegen Samenvergusses getötet wurde.
Ich freue mich auf weitere literarische - äh- Ergüsse Carters und schaue mir "Dogma" an (von dem ich glaube, dass jeder Religionslehrer ihn einmal gesehen haben sollte)
March 12, 2013
How did we end up here?
I really can’t remember how I came across EVIL?, whether it was from another blogger or something I saw on a passing website, I have no idea. I know I did get this one from PaperBackSwap (hooray for free!) but other than that I can’t remember how it came to fall into my lap. Only that I read that blurb and immediately knew I had to read it. When I finally got around to it. Seeing as how it’s been on my to-read list for a couple years now, I’ve finally decided to get around to it.
Okay, book. You've got 50 pages. Go!
Instantly the tone of voice, the sardonic sense of humor and the poking and prodding Carter does at religion in general really made me a little giddy. It unapologetically rips apart the mob mentality that the super serious can get and puts it into this hilarious, albeit somewhat terrifying, light that redefines one’s concept of evil and just how bastardized something like the bible can get. Who needs context when you’ve got fanatics? Since I have an unabashed interest in the psychology of religion I felt this would be a good foray into the minds of the irrationally intolerant without getting uncomfortably serious. The tone, despite the underlying topic, stayed light.
What worked . . .
I thought Carter’s poke at the rape of religion was excellent and so incredibly poignant in today’s world where context is what people make of it and only that. Stuart is a gay boy in a hyper-religious town but that’s okay. The fact that he was caught masturbating? Well now that’s worthy of tying him to a stake. Doesn’t make sense? It’s not supposed to. It’s about picking and choosing what’s good, what’s bad, what’s tolerable and worthy of patience and what needs to be eradicated now. Certain elements of the bible that would otherwise provide greater context for the “lessons” that it teaches are ignored to serve a purpose.
The sin of Onan, as the townspeople are so readily able to pounce on top of, is supposedly the sin of masturbation. Unless you listen to the reverend, you know, the dude that does this shit for a living, when he says that if you read more than just the one sentence it’s actually about greed and keeping familial wealth for oneself instead of “doing the right thing” and knocking up your dead brother’s wife so she can have an heir. I mean, you can totally see where masturbation came from that, right? O_o
This is the point and it snowballed to a terrifying effect that left Stuart and his friends ostracized from society and fearing for their lives. A bit ridiculous but I loved the POINT EVIL? kept trying to hit home.
What didn't work . . .
The voice and the “kitsch” wore thin on me after a while. It got me all amped up in the beginning but how Carter developed it I don’t think was sustainable in its current incarnation. Enter Chester and it became almost unbearable. He was supposed to be this uber dumb jock that Stuart had a crush on and at first his stupidity was almost kind of funny but the more the joke wore on, and the more Stuart kept having to drag his sorry ass out of problems because he tried to save his own skin, I just couldn’t take it anymore. And yet Stuart kept going back. Chester almost gets them caught and killed yet Stuart won’t leave him behind. Chester was constantly more concerned with himself and he never grew as a character as a result (except for his final admittance to himself and Stuart at the end). But Stuart still insisted on helping him time after time after time. I’m sorry, and maybe this makes me an awful person, but if someone causes me to get my ass toasted REPEATEDLY because they can’t be bothered to think of anyone but themselves, they’re getting left behind. Screw conscience and guilt. There are only so many times a person can reasonably try before their self-preservation kicks in.
And Carter had a bad habit of having Stuart think something and them immediately say that exact same thought out loud. For instance Stuart would think ‘that guy doesn’t get what I’m saying at all’ and then he would actually go and say to said person ‘you don’t get what I’m saying at all, do you?” Redundancies like that bother me and it looks like someone was struggling for word count with how often it happened.
And in the end . . .
It was an entertaining enough story but I’m glad it wasn’t longer than what it is. The voice just ended up grating and I kept wishing for Chester to just light himself on fire for all he was worth so I wouldn’t have been able to tolerable much more than what was already on the pages. I liked the allegory Carter set up with the misrepresentation of religion and how Stuart kept trying to find the truth in the world through a means many would otherwise find just a touch evil. What I liked even more was that EVIL? didn’t have a fairytale ending. The end was definitely conclusive but it wasn’t happy times for everyone so despite how unrealistic the plot was the ending grounded it a bit and ended up being just a little bit sad but it was satisfying. The story came full circle and ended where it needed to.
I didn’t feel preached to in the process. Even though Carter was sending an otherwise obvious message it was done in jest, with a light-hearted tone that merely begged to ask why? What is it about people that we let ourselves be manipulated by others instead of finding our own truths? Why do we give in to mob mentality instead of thinking for ourselves? I think if it weren’t for Chester I would have enjoyed the book much more but he was such a drain. I just wish authors would deal with those characters realistically instead of idealizing the situation and making their main character out to be a humanitarian (despite the fact that such altruistic moves would get someone killed faster than being struck by lightning while being eaten by a shark).
But yes, it was enjoyable enough without being something to really write home about. While EVIL? is a mock of Christianity it strikes some good poses and asked some good questions that really get you thinking.
I really can’t remember how I came across EVIL?, whether it was from another blogger or something I saw on a passing website, I have no idea. I know I did get this one from PaperBackSwap (hooray for free!) but other than that I can’t remember how it came to fall into my lap. Only that I read that blurb and immediately knew I had to read it. When I finally got around to it. Seeing as how it’s been on my to-read list for a couple years now, I’ve finally decided to get around to it.
Okay, book. You've got 50 pages. Go!
Instantly the tone of voice, the sardonic sense of humor and the poking and prodding Carter does at religion in general really made me a little giddy. It unapologetically rips apart the mob mentality that the super serious can get and puts it into this hilarious, albeit somewhat terrifying, light that redefines one’s concept of evil and just how bastardized something like the bible can get. Who needs context when you’ve got fanatics? Since I have an unabashed interest in the psychology of religion I felt this would be a good foray into the minds of the irrationally intolerant without getting uncomfortably serious. The tone, despite the underlying topic, stayed light.
What worked . . .
I thought Carter’s poke at the rape of religion was excellent and so incredibly poignant in today’s world where context is what people make of it and only that. Stuart is a gay boy in a hyper-religious town but that’s okay. The fact that he was caught masturbating? Well now that’s worthy of tying him to a stake. Doesn’t make sense? It’s not supposed to. It’s about picking and choosing what’s good, what’s bad, what’s tolerable and worthy of patience and what needs to be eradicated now. Certain elements of the bible that would otherwise provide greater context for the “lessons” that it teaches are ignored to serve a purpose.
The sin of Onan, as the townspeople are so readily able to pounce on top of, is supposedly the sin of masturbation. Unless you listen to the reverend, you know, the dude that does this shit for a living, when he says that if you read more than just the one sentence it’s actually about greed and keeping familial wealth for oneself instead of “doing the right thing” and knocking up your dead brother’s wife so she can have an heir. I mean, you can totally see where masturbation came from that, right? O_o
This is the point and it snowballed to a terrifying effect that left Stuart and his friends ostracized from society and fearing for their lives. A bit ridiculous but I loved the POINT EVIL? kept trying to hit home.
What didn't work . . .
The voice and the “kitsch” wore thin on me after a while. It got me all amped up in the beginning but how Carter developed it I don’t think was sustainable in its current incarnation. Enter Chester and it became almost unbearable. He was supposed to be this uber dumb jock that Stuart had a crush on and at first his stupidity was almost kind of funny but the more the joke wore on, and the more Stuart kept having to drag his sorry ass out of problems because he tried to save his own skin, I just couldn’t take it anymore. And yet Stuart kept going back. Chester almost gets them caught and killed yet Stuart won’t leave him behind. Chester was constantly more concerned with himself and he never grew as a character as a result (except for his final admittance to himself and Stuart at the end). But Stuart still insisted on helping him time after time after time. I’m sorry, and maybe this makes me an awful person, but if someone causes me to get my ass toasted REPEATEDLY because they can’t be bothered to think of anyone but themselves, they’re getting left behind. Screw conscience and guilt. There are only so many times a person can reasonably try before their self-preservation kicks in.
And Carter had a bad habit of having Stuart think something and them immediately say that exact same thought out loud. For instance Stuart would think ‘that guy doesn’t get what I’m saying at all’ and then he would actually go and say to said person ‘you don’t get what I’m saying at all, do you?” Redundancies like that bother me and it looks like someone was struggling for word count with how often it happened.
And in the end . . .
It was an entertaining enough story but I’m glad it wasn’t longer than what it is. The voice just ended up grating and I kept wishing for Chester to just light himself on fire for all he was worth so I wouldn’t have been able to tolerable much more than what was already on the pages. I liked the allegory Carter set up with the misrepresentation of religion and how Stuart kept trying to find the truth in the world through a means many would otherwise find just a touch evil. What I liked even more was that EVIL? didn’t have a fairytale ending. The end was definitely conclusive but it wasn’t happy times for everyone so despite how unrealistic the plot was the ending grounded it a bit and ended up being just a little bit sad but it was satisfying. The story came full circle and ended where it needed to.
I didn’t feel preached to in the process. Even though Carter was sending an otherwise obvious message it was done in jest, with a light-hearted tone that merely begged to ask why? What is it about people that we let ourselves be manipulated by others instead of finding our own truths? Why do we give in to mob mentality instead of thinking for ourselves? I think if it weren’t for Chester I would have enjoyed the book much more but he was such a drain. I just wish authors would deal with those characters realistically instead of idealizing the situation and making their main character out to be a humanitarian (despite the fact that such altruistic moves would get someone killed faster than being struck by lightning while being eaten by a shark).
But yes, it was enjoyable enough without being something to really write home about. While EVIL? is a mock of Christianity it strikes some good poses and asked some good questions that really get you thinking.
October 3, 2019
Chester is an absolute idiot
June 13, 2022
Abgebrochen bei 114. Hat lustig angefangen, wurde dann aber zunehmend merkwürdiger und langweilig.
November 10, 2022
This one was… unique
August 23, 2010
Beschreibung:
Stuart ist schwul und ein ganz normaler Teenager der mit seiner Familie in einem kleiner äußerst christlichen Städtchen lebt. Wie jeder Teenager hat auch Stuart seine Hobbys denen er des öfteren nachgeht. Als ihn sein kleiner Bruder Josh eines Morgens im Bad bei seinem "Hobby" überrascht und dies publik macht bricht die Hölle in dem kleinen Städtchen los und Stuart bleibt nichts anderes übrig als sich hilfesuchend an seinen heraufbeschworenen Dämon zu wenden...
Meine Meinung:
Im Mittelpunkt von Timothy Carters humorvollen Fantasyroman "Böser Engel" steht der schwule Jugendliche Stuart der in einer äußerst christlichen Kleinstadt aufwächst. Stuart hat zwei große Hobbys, das eine besteht darin einen Dämonen heraufzubeschwören und das andere darin sich selbst zu befriedigen. In beidem sieht er nichts wirklich sündhaftes, was ihm der Dämon auch bestätigt. Doch als eines Tages die "Sünde des Onan" in der Sonntagsschule besprochen wird berichtet Josh von dem Vergehen seines Bruders in der Duschkabine.
Schnell rottet sich die gesamte Gemeinde im Kampf gegen die unsittliche Sünde zusammen um Stuart zu bekehren. Um herauszufinden was hinter der ganzen Geschichte mit der "Sünde des Onan" steckt wendet er sich hilfesuchend an seinen Dämon und den Dorfpfarrer der im vergleich zu der Gemeinde hinter Stuart zu stehen scheint. Noch ahnen sie nicht das ein mächtiger gefallener Engel hinter dem ganzen steckt...
Timothy Carter gelingt es wie in "Dämonenhunger" mich schon nach den ersten Seiten an die Buchseiten von "Böser Engel" zu fesseln. Mit noch einer größeren Portin Humor wartet der Autor schon auf den ersten Seiten auf.
Jeder der Figuren die in "Böser Engel" zum Zug kommen haben einen ganz besonderen Charakterzug. So stellt Stuart für mich die Jugendlichen im Allgemeinen dar. Er hinterfragt den Glauben an sich und setzt alles daran herauszufinden warum das ganze Städtchen blind darauf vertraut wenn nur ein einziger etwas als Sünde in seiner Predigt aufnimmt. Besonders gut gefällt mir auch die Widersprüchlichkeit die der Autor in seinem Roman präsentiert in dem er die Homusexualität des Hauptprotagonisten durchgehen lässt aber etwas ganz normales wie Selbstbefriedigung als Sünde darstellt. Auch die Idee der gefallen Engel, die überhaupt erst den Hass der Bürger schüren gefällt mir sehr gut.
Wenn man das ganze betrachtet muss man einfach sagen, eine geniale Story die uns Timothy Carter hier mit "Böser Engel" auftischt! Mit einer Leichtigkeit und seinem ganz besonderen Humor bringt der Autor dem Leser religiösen Fantaismus und das Entscheiden zwischen Gut und Böse näher. Bestimmt trifft Timothy Carter mit seinen Ansichten und seiner Angehensweise an dieses Thema nicht jedermanns Geschmack. Mir jedoch hat es super gut gefallen und deshalb vergebe ich 4,5 Sterne.
Mein Fazit:
Komisch und skurril setzt Timothy Carter die brisantesten Themen in Szene!
Stuart ist schwul und ein ganz normaler Teenager der mit seiner Familie in einem kleiner äußerst christlichen Städtchen lebt. Wie jeder Teenager hat auch Stuart seine Hobbys denen er des öfteren nachgeht. Als ihn sein kleiner Bruder Josh eines Morgens im Bad bei seinem "Hobby" überrascht und dies publik macht bricht die Hölle in dem kleinen Städtchen los und Stuart bleibt nichts anderes übrig als sich hilfesuchend an seinen heraufbeschworenen Dämon zu wenden...
Meine Meinung:
Im Mittelpunkt von Timothy Carters humorvollen Fantasyroman "Böser Engel" steht der schwule Jugendliche Stuart der in einer äußerst christlichen Kleinstadt aufwächst. Stuart hat zwei große Hobbys, das eine besteht darin einen Dämonen heraufzubeschwören und das andere darin sich selbst zu befriedigen. In beidem sieht er nichts wirklich sündhaftes, was ihm der Dämon auch bestätigt. Doch als eines Tages die "Sünde des Onan" in der Sonntagsschule besprochen wird berichtet Josh von dem Vergehen seines Bruders in der Duschkabine.
Schnell rottet sich die gesamte Gemeinde im Kampf gegen die unsittliche Sünde zusammen um Stuart zu bekehren. Um herauszufinden was hinter der ganzen Geschichte mit der "Sünde des Onan" steckt wendet er sich hilfesuchend an seinen Dämon und den Dorfpfarrer der im vergleich zu der Gemeinde hinter Stuart zu stehen scheint. Noch ahnen sie nicht das ein mächtiger gefallener Engel hinter dem ganzen steckt...
Timothy Carter gelingt es wie in "Dämonenhunger" mich schon nach den ersten Seiten an die Buchseiten von "Böser Engel" zu fesseln. Mit noch einer größeren Portin Humor wartet der Autor schon auf den ersten Seiten auf.
Jeder der Figuren die in "Böser Engel" zum Zug kommen haben einen ganz besonderen Charakterzug. So stellt Stuart für mich die Jugendlichen im Allgemeinen dar. Er hinterfragt den Glauben an sich und setzt alles daran herauszufinden warum das ganze Städtchen blind darauf vertraut wenn nur ein einziger etwas als Sünde in seiner Predigt aufnimmt. Besonders gut gefällt mir auch die Widersprüchlichkeit die der Autor in seinem Roman präsentiert in dem er die Homusexualität des Hauptprotagonisten durchgehen lässt aber etwas ganz normales wie Selbstbefriedigung als Sünde darstellt. Auch die Idee der gefallen Engel, die überhaupt erst den Hass der Bürger schüren gefällt mir sehr gut.
Wenn man das ganze betrachtet muss man einfach sagen, eine geniale Story die uns Timothy Carter hier mit "Böser Engel" auftischt! Mit einer Leichtigkeit und seinem ganz besonderen Humor bringt der Autor dem Leser religiösen Fantaismus und das Entscheiden zwischen Gut und Böse näher. Bestimmt trifft Timothy Carter mit seinen Ansichten und seiner Angehensweise an dieses Thema nicht jedermanns Geschmack. Mir jedoch hat es super gut gefallen und deshalb vergebe ich 4,5 Sterne.
Mein Fazit:
Komisch und skurril setzt Timothy Carter die brisantesten Themen in Szene!
April 30, 2015
>>Diese Rezension und viele mehr findet ihr auch hier: http://wort-welten.blogspot.de/
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:
Als einziger schwuler Teenager in einer durch und durch religiösen Gemeinde, könnte man allein deshalb schon davon ausgehen, dass Stuart dort nicht gerne gesehen wird. Aber falsch gedacht. Er wird dort mehr oder weniger akzeptiert und im Grunde stört sich keiner an seiner sexuellen Orientierung. Na, wenn die wüssten! Denn in seiner Freizeit beschwört Stuart immer mal wieder gerne den kleinen, aber umso hinterhältigen Dämon Fon Pyre, den er mit Hingabe im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes über Gott und die Welt löchert. Und nein, Gott hat kein Problem mit Homosexuellen, wie wir dank Stuart und Fon Pyre endlich offiziell wissen.
Als ihn sein kleiner Bruder Josh jedoch eines Morgens vor der Sonntagsschule im Badezimmer erwischt, wo er sich gerade unter der Dusche vergnügt, ahnt er noch nicht, dass es sehr bald sein kleinstes Problem sein wird, der einzige schwule Teeanger der ganzen Stadt zu sein. Kaum in der Sonntagsschule angekommen, nimmt man dort nämlich die Sünde des Onan durch und Stuart ist schon sehr bald mit der tiefen Abneigung der gesamten Kirchengemeinde konfrontiert, da Josh natürlich gleich damit herausplatzen muss, was er am Morgen gesehen hat.
Stuarts nächster Besuch bei Fon Pyre bleibt natürlich nicht aus und bald steht fest, dass es keineswegs ein Zufall ist, dass die Gemeinde derart heftig auf seine "Sünde" reagiert hat. Nein, ein gefallener Engel ist in der Stadt und stachelt die ahnungslosen Stadtbewohner durch seine Präsenz an. Denn wie alle gefallenen Engel, hat auch ihn seine ganz persönliche Mission unter die Menschen geführt - zu verkünden, dass die Sünde des Onan nach wie vor verwerflich ist; sehr verwerflich. Aber zum Glück steht Stuart nicht allein im Kampf gegen den Engel mit den eigentümlichen Werten. Da wären ja auch noch Chester und der Pfarrer, der ihm immer Weihwasser schenkt, damit er Fon Pyre beschwören kann, und natürlich auch Fone Pyre selbst - ob er nun will oder nicht ...
MEINE MEINUNG:
Ich liebe dieses Buch! Die Charaktere sind mehr als einzigartig, der Humor ist einfach urkomisch und die Geschichte ist so absurd, dass sie einfach nur noch genial ist. Richtig genial. Stuart hat diese ganz bestimmte Art, auch die schlimmsten Situationen irgendwie mit einer gehörigen Menge Sarkasmus und Witz zu nehmen, was ihn wiederum zu einem wirklich sympathischen Anti-Helden macht und dem Buch erst den richtigen Pfiff gibt. Dazu kommt, dass Stuarts noch immer andauernde Schwäche für Chester nicht zu sehr in den Mittelpunkt rückt und damit das ganze Buch zur klischeebehafteten Romanze verkommen lässt. Und ich kann nur noch einmal betonen: Ich liiiiiebe dieses Buch!
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:
Als einziger schwuler Teenager in einer durch und durch religiösen Gemeinde, könnte man allein deshalb schon davon ausgehen, dass Stuart dort nicht gerne gesehen wird. Aber falsch gedacht. Er wird dort mehr oder weniger akzeptiert und im Grunde stört sich keiner an seiner sexuellen Orientierung. Na, wenn die wüssten! Denn in seiner Freizeit beschwört Stuart immer mal wieder gerne den kleinen, aber umso hinterhältigen Dämon Fon Pyre, den er mit Hingabe im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes über Gott und die Welt löchert. Und nein, Gott hat kein Problem mit Homosexuellen, wie wir dank Stuart und Fon Pyre endlich offiziell wissen.
Als ihn sein kleiner Bruder Josh jedoch eines Morgens vor der Sonntagsschule im Badezimmer erwischt, wo er sich gerade unter der Dusche vergnügt, ahnt er noch nicht, dass es sehr bald sein kleinstes Problem sein wird, der einzige schwule Teeanger der ganzen Stadt zu sein. Kaum in der Sonntagsschule angekommen, nimmt man dort nämlich die Sünde des Onan durch und Stuart ist schon sehr bald mit der tiefen Abneigung der gesamten Kirchengemeinde konfrontiert, da Josh natürlich gleich damit herausplatzen muss, was er am Morgen gesehen hat.
Stuarts nächster Besuch bei Fon Pyre bleibt natürlich nicht aus und bald steht fest, dass es keineswegs ein Zufall ist, dass die Gemeinde derart heftig auf seine "Sünde" reagiert hat. Nein, ein gefallener Engel ist in der Stadt und stachelt die ahnungslosen Stadtbewohner durch seine Präsenz an. Denn wie alle gefallenen Engel, hat auch ihn seine ganz persönliche Mission unter die Menschen geführt - zu verkünden, dass die Sünde des Onan nach wie vor verwerflich ist; sehr verwerflich. Aber zum Glück steht Stuart nicht allein im Kampf gegen den Engel mit den eigentümlichen Werten. Da wären ja auch noch Chester und der Pfarrer, der ihm immer Weihwasser schenkt, damit er Fon Pyre beschwören kann, und natürlich auch Fone Pyre selbst - ob er nun will oder nicht ...
MEINE MEINUNG:
Ich liebe dieses Buch! Die Charaktere sind mehr als einzigartig, der Humor ist einfach urkomisch und die Geschichte ist so absurd, dass sie einfach nur noch genial ist. Richtig genial. Stuart hat diese ganz bestimmte Art, auch die schlimmsten Situationen irgendwie mit einer gehörigen Menge Sarkasmus und Witz zu nehmen, was ihn wiederum zu einem wirklich sympathischen Anti-Helden macht und dem Buch erst den richtigen Pfiff gibt. Dazu kommt, dass Stuarts noch immer andauernde Schwäche für Chester nicht zu sehr in den Mittelpunkt rückt und damit das ganze Buch zur klischeebehafteten Romanze verkommen lässt. Und ich kann nur noch einmal betonen: Ich liiiiiebe dieses Buch!
July 30, 2009
Stuart was surprised by the attitude of his small and intensely religious community when he came out. Instead of hatred and contempt, the news that he was gay was taken in stride.
But then came Masturbation.
Overnight, the Sin of Onan (biblical spiller of seed) became a big deal. And Stuart had just been caught by his little brother committing it in the shower. Now a self confessed "spiller," Stuart is facing an intensity of loathing he'd never expected. The new obsession means that every kid has to keep their hands on their desks, in plain sight, but only Stuart is required to have a teacher go into the toilet stall with him.
The fanatical hatred of the townsfolk grows exponentially, until Stuart and a few other kids who've come under suspicion must flee from the church, where they've taken refugee, as the angry mob outside howls for their blood with fearsome cries for the "spillers" to come forth.
Why the insanity? A fallen angel is to blame, one that grew so obsessed with this particular sin that he could no longer function angelically, and now has taken up a crusade against it in Stuart's town.
A fallen angel can be pretty convincing, putting thoughts in the heads of otherwise normal people that drive them to great excess of zeal. But Stuart has a little bit of supernatural help of his own. His hobby happens to be raising demons, with all the proper safety mechanisms in place. Fon Pyre, his demonic acquaintance, might have what it takes to rid the town of the masturbation hating angel. The only problem with this is that Fen Pyre also has rending and other nastiness in mind when he looks at Stuart....
Carter has taken fanaticism to ridiculous extremes. Stuart's lightly delivered narrative ("There are few things I hate more than tomatoes, but burning to death is one of them." p 153), fast-paced and tense story, make Evil? hands down (pun intended) an enthralling read. The demonic Fen Pyre is a fine addition to the cast of characters, nicely removing the story from the real world and adding comic relief. I don't usually pass the YA books I read on to my husband, but I gave him this one to read, and he too enjoyed it very much.
Yet, without ever betraying the farcical elements of the book, Carter makes thought-provoking points about tolerance and the dangers of over literal, de-contextualized, biblical interpretation. It is most emphatically not an antireligious book, but it is one that might well make the reader question the definition of "sin."
But then came Masturbation.
Overnight, the Sin of Onan (biblical spiller of seed) became a big deal. And Stuart had just been caught by his little brother committing it in the shower. Now a self confessed "spiller," Stuart is facing an intensity of loathing he'd never expected. The new obsession means that every kid has to keep their hands on their desks, in plain sight, but only Stuart is required to have a teacher go into the toilet stall with him.
The fanatical hatred of the townsfolk grows exponentially, until Stuart and a few other kids who've come under suspicion must flee from the church, where they've taken refugee, as the angry mob outside howls for their blood with fearsome cries for the "spillers" to come forth.
Why the insanity? A fallen angel is to blame, one that grew so obsessed with this particular sin that he could no longer function angelically, and now has taken up a crusade against it in Stuart's town.
A fallen angel can be pretty convincing, putting thoughts in the heads of otherwise normal people that drive them to great excess of zeal. But Stuart has a little bit of supernatural help of his own. His hobby happens to be raising demons, with all the proper safety mechanisms in place. Fon Pyre, his demonic acquaintance, might have what it takes to rid the town of the masturbation hating angel. The only problem with this is that Fen Pyre also has rending and other nastiness in mind when he looks at Stuart....
Carter has taken fanaticism to ridiculous extremes. Stuart's lightly delivered narrative ("There are few things I hate more than tomatoes, but burning to death is one of them." p 153), fast-paced and tense story, make Evil? hands down (pun intended) an enthralling read. The demonic Fen Pyre is a fine addition to the cast of characters, nicely removing the story from the real world and adding comic relief. I don't usually pass the YA books I read on to my husband, but I gave him this one to read, and he too enjoyed it very much.
Yet, without ever betraying the farcical elements of the book, Carter makes thought-provoking points about tolerance and the dangers of over literal, de-contextualized, biblical interpretation. It is most emphatically not an antireligious book, but it is one that might well make the reader question the definition of "sin."
September 3, 2016
Yeah, yeah, I know... Why on earth would I read this? I'd heard it was funny, that's why. And maybe it is... if you're a 10-year-old boy.
The plot actually had promise. Some fairly heavy themes were touched on, and the events unfolded rapidly enough to hold a reader's interest. But it just wasn't enough.
Stuart is a fairly bland, one-dimensional sort of fellow whose only distinguishing characteristic is that he's gay. And gay guys must be fairly hard to come by in the town of Ice Lake, because the pickings for love interests were slim. I just did not buy the attraction between Stuart and Chester... especially after Stuart had basically spent the entire novel insinuating that Chester was about as smart as a bag of rocks. The rest of the characters were not much better. The town seems to be populated by characters from bad 1950s public service announcements with names like Cindy and Chester and Jane. And those were supposedly the teenagers.
But what I really didn't like about this book was the writing. It tries to be funny, but comes across as puerile and crude... while also ending up somewhat preachy. I have no idea how the author managed that, but in any case, it does not work. The word "spilling" is used endlessly, and it quickly gets tiresome. The characters were constantly using the "universal hand gestures" for masturbation (what is this, a village of pubescent boys?) and homosexuality and, to be honest, I'm still not exactly sure what those are. Guess I'm not the audience.
There were also some continuity problems (such as Stu referring to his house as the one he'd grown up in... even though he'd only moved there two years previously) and some questionable punctuation. Overall, I wasn't impressed.
While the premise had some merit, it just wasn't done well enough for me to recommend this book to anyone. The characters' ages and subject matter make it more appropriate for teens... but the writing style and overly repetitive and juvenile references would probably only amuse younger boys. Give this one a pass.
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The plot actually had promise. Some fairly heavy themes were touched on, and the events unfolded rapidly enough to hold a reader's interest. But it just wasn't enough.
Stuart is a fairly bland, one-dimensional sort of fellow whose only distinguishing characteristic is that he's gay. And gay guys must be fairly hard to come by in the town of Ice Lake, because the pickings for love interests were slim. I just did not buy the attraction between Stuart and Chester... especially after Stuart had basically spent the entire novel insinuating that Chester was about as smart as a bag of rocks. The rest of the characters were not much better. The town seems to be populated by characters from bad 1950s public service announcements with names like Cindy and Chester and Jane. And those were supposedly the teenagers.
But what I really didn't like about this book was the writing. It tries to be funny, but comes across as puerile and crude... while also ending up somewhat preachy. I have no idea how the author managed that, but in any case, it does not work. The word "spilling" is used endlessly, and it quickly gets tiresome. The characters were constantly using the "universal hand gestures" for masturbation (what is this, a village of pubescent boys?) and homosexuality and, to be honest, I'm still not exactly sure what those are. Guess I'm not the audience.
There were also some continuity problems (such as Stu referring to his house as the one he'd grown up in... even though he'd only moved there two years previously) and some questionable punctuation. Overall, I wasn't impressed.
While the premise had some merit, it just wasn't done well enough for me to recommend this book to anyone. The characters' ages and subject matter make it more appropriate for teens... but the writing style and overly repetitive and juvenile references would probably only amuse younger boys. Give this one a pass.
http://theladybugreads.blogspot.ca/20...
July 30, 2010
Evil is a good solid read from its opening scene where Stuart is surprised at a delicate moment in the shower. This sets off a chain of events that leads to Stuart becoming the focus of persecution for the supposed sin of spilling his seed.
Tim spins out his story showing the madness that ensues when people choose a nothing act to declare as a sin and use hate to bind a religious community together. As the story unfolds inescapable parallels to the persecution of homosexuals are drawn, Stuart is also homosexual, though in Stuart's hometown this surprisingly isn't an issue.
Later with the help of Stuart's demon associate, a scrappy little guy that made me think of a bad-tempered Weiner dog on steroids, the truth is exposed. A fallen angel is inspiring the people to their fanatical hatred of what they perceive to be a sin.
Stuart must struggle to save himself, his friends and his town before literally all hell breaks lose. This is all done with a light tone and good humour. I'll quote one notable line that shows the subtle or not so subtle, you be the judge, wit Tim brings to the entirety of the work.
"I felt very uncomfortable hitting the highway in a stolen police car. Messing with a fallen angle was one thing, but messing with the law was something else entirely."
The book is highly entertaining though in some places Tim seems almost apologetic to the extremists he is portraying. The action is fast paced and logical with truly likable characters. The message of the book is one that is very much needed in this day and age. All in all, Evil is very GOOD. This is one of the better novels I've read Young Adult or otherwise.
Tim spins out his story showing the madness that ensues when people choose a nothing act to declare as a sin and use hate to bind a religious community together. As the story unfolds inescapable parallels to the persecution of homosexuals are drawn, Stuart is also homosexual, though in Stuart's hometown this surprisingly isn't an issue.
Later with the help of Stuart's demon associate, a scrappy little guy that made me think of a bad-tempered Weiner dog on steroids, the truth is exposed. A fallen angel is inspiring the people to their fanatical hatred of what they perceive to be a sin.
Stuart must struggle to save himself, his friends and his town before literally all hell breaks lose. This is all done with a light tone and good humour. I'll quote one notable line that shows the subtle or not so subtle, you be the judge, wit Tim brings to the entirety of the work.
"I felt very uncomfortable hitting the highway in a stolen police car. Messing with a fallen angle was one thing, but messing with the law was something else entirely."
The book is highly entertaining though in some places Tim seems almost apologetic to the extremists he is portraying. The action is fast paced and logical with truly likable characters. The message of the book is one that is very much needed in this day and age. All in all, Evil is very GOOD. This is one of the better novels I've read Young Adult or otherwise.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 18, 2013
This is the second time I've read this book. The very first time I was a naive, 13 year old girl who didn't quite understand the humor in this book. Now, I love everything about this novel. It's absolutely original with everything that happens.
As the book goes, Stuart is a troubled teenager who happens to commit a sin. A sin we are all familiar with in one way or another; but it just so happens his brother catches him in the act, and soon enough, the whole town knows about it. Other than the main plot, there are demons and fallen angels and Bible Raps. Yes... Bible raps...
What I liked about this book the most was that I could actually see this becoming a movie. Obviously not a serious one but most definitely a humorous one. I had a few giggle-fits during a few chapters and that rarely ever happens with the books I read.
I also loved a few characters. Stuart and his demon friend Fon Pyre are hilarious. Stuart has the right mindset and doesn't give up and that's just how I like my heroes; brave and true. Fon Pyre just loves to open his mouth in the expense of others. Truly priceless.
I leave a star missing because it was an overall short book (200 some pages) and I just didn't want it to end! I read the whole thing within 2 days. Also, some of what the antagonists did bothered me. When the mother is easily brain-washed to pretty much boil her son's reproductive parts off, I blew my top. (Also the kissing between her and Mr. Brightly was gross; poor stuart!)
I plan on reading it again, not too soon, but I will. It happens to be one of my favorite novels and I'm glad my curiosity got to the best of me that day I first picked it up. I recommend people reading this (if they are okay with their religion being challenged).
As the book goes, Stuart is a troubled teenager who happens to commit a sin. A sin we are all familiar with in one way or another; but it just so happens his brother catches him in the act, and soon enough, the whole town knows about it. Other than the main plot, there are demons and fallen angels and Bible Raps. Yes... Bible raps...
What I liked about this book the most was that I could actually see this becoming a movie. Obviously not a serious one but most definitely a humorous one. I had a few giggle-fits during a few chapters and that rarely ever happens with the books I read.
I also loved a few characters. Stuart and his demon friend Fon Pyre are hilarious. Stuart has the right mindset and doesn't give up and that's just how I like my heroes; brave and true. Fon Pyre just loves to open his mouth in the expense of others. Truly priceless.
I leave a star missing because it was an overall short book (200 some pages) and I just didn't want it to end! I read the whole thing within 2 days. Also, some of what the antagonists did bothered me. When the mother is easily brain-washed to pretty much boil her son's reproductive parts off, I blew my top. (Also the kissing between her and Mr. Brightly was gross; poor stuart!)
I plan on reading it again, not too soon, but I will. It happens to be one of my favorite novels and I'm glad my curiosity got to the best of me that day I first picked it up. I recommend people reading this (if they are okay with their religion being challenged).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 8, 2012
Weird book. No other words.
Things it did to me/made me realize:
1.Made me view religion differently
2.Demons arn't always sexy
3.Demons can be hilarious
4.Deamons can be a pain in the ass
5.Deamons could be nice if they are bound by code
6.Demons are tricky bastards
7.Demons need to be bound by code or you die
8.Fallen Angels are....creepy.
So. The book is perverted. There is sexual reference everywhere and the prologue starts of with the main character giving himseld a hand job. Enough said.
Why did I continue? It was recomended to me by a dear friend. She said it gets better. It did.
We get that whole plot with characters getting attacked, characters are facing an apocalypse, characters are victorious and save the world. This time, I was actually impressed with how much I wanted this to have a happy ending. (It did) The main character was okay. My fave character was the demon.
Fon Pyre. I love you. You were mean, hated everyone, and I loved you for it. Your sarcastic remarks, your being bound by the code, you scaring the living daylights out of me....like I said, realistic. I just thought I'd share that.
Why three stars?
1.I'm a Christian. Some parts kind of offended me. (The crazy way everyone overreacted.)
2.The plot was really nothing I haven't read in other books. (I mean, seriously....)
3.The main character was just okay (not great.)
4.His love interest kind of really got on my nerves, too....
Why three stars?
1.The deamon.
2.Characters were in character. (I hated the bad guy, liked the good guy.)
3.Some of the struggles were very realistic to what I might be facing.
4.No cheesy love scenes.
And thus I conclude my review.
Things it did to me/made me realize:
1.Made me view religion differently
2.Demons arn't always sexy
3.Demons can be hilarious
4.Deamons can be a pain in the ass
5.Deamons could be nice if they are bound by code
6.Demons are tricky bastards
7.Demons need to be bound by code or you die
8.Fallen Angels are....creepy.
So. The book is perverted. There is sexual reference everywhere and the prologue starts of with the main character giving himseld a hand job. Enough said.
Why did I continue? It was recomended to me by a dear friend. She said it gets better. It did.
We get that whole plot with characters getting attacked, characters are facing an apocalypse, characters are victorious and save the world. This time, I was actually impressed with how much I wanted this to have a happy ending. (It did) The main character was okay. My fave character was the demon.
Fon Pyre. I love you. You were mean, hated everyone, and I loved you for it. Your sarcastic remarks, your being bound by the code, you scaring the living daylights out of me....like I said, realistic. I just thought I'd share that.
Why three stars?
1.I'm a Christian. Some parts kind of offended me. (The crazy way everyone overreacted.)
2.The plot was really nothing I haven't read in other books. (I mean, seriously....)
3.The main character was just okay (not great.)
4.His love interest kind of really got on my nerves, too....
Why three stars?
1.The deamon.
2.Characters were in character. (I hated the bad guy, liked the good guy.)
3.Some of the struggles were very realistic to what I might be facing.
4.No cheesy love scenes.
And thus I conclude my review.
December 29, 2009
Cautions: This book centers around-- well-- masturbation, really... And some slightly uncomfortable themes (stereotypes and how they tie in with religion, etc...)
It's the cover that first caught my attention at Borders. Anything that has to do with angels is pretty much a book I'll want to read. Furthermore, the fact that the title is a question was even more interesting. So I grabbed it and flipped over the cover.
Like the synopsis says, Stuart is an openly gay teen in a fairly religious town. No one's really bothered him much up until this point. His brother catches him 'in the act' in the shower one day. This sets off a fast-paced chain of events that lead to the whole town rising up against Stuart. And it all smells a little fishy.
An entire town trying to kill one boy may seem like a perfect set up for a thriller, but the way the author describes Stuart's inner thoughts makes everything hilarious. It's a weird kind of funny, but that's what makes you keep reading. At moments where there should be total seriousness, Stuart cracks a small joke that breaks the tension and reminds you that everything's gonna be okay. For example:
"It was the most horrible thing I had ever seen. And I'd seen Fon Pyre's butt." (pg 158)
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Overall, a great read, if not a bit awkward at first. My only warning would be that your first few laughs are going to be nervous laughter-- they'll turn to enjoyment soon after though :)
There's demons and angels and silver crosses, but I don't want to give EVERYTHING away.
It's the cover that first caught my attention at Borders. Anything that has to do with angels is pretty much a book I'll want to read. Furthermore, the fact that the title is a question was even more interesting. So I grabbed it and flipped over the cover.
Like the synopsis says, Stuart is an openly gay teen in a fairly religious town. No one's really bothered him much up until this point. His brother catches him 'in the act' in the shower one day. This sets off a fast-paced chain of events that lead to the whole town rising up against Stuart. And it all smells a little fishy.
An entire town trying to kill one boy may seem like a perfect set up for a thriller, but the way the author describes Stuart's inner thoughts makes everything hilarious. It's a weird kind of funny, but that's what makes you keep reading. At moments where there should be total seriousness, Stuart cracks a small joke that breaks the tension and reminds you that everything's gonna be okay. For example:
"It was the most horrible thing I had ever seen. And I'd seen Fon Pyre's butt." (pg 158)
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Overall, a great read, if not a bit awkward at first. My only warning would be that your first few laughs are going to be nervous laughter-- they'll turn to enjoyment soon after though :)
There's demons and angels and silver crosses, but I don't want to give EVERYTHING away.
January 7, 2014
This was a great book, though not without it's issues. That said, it was a lot of fun. It is a great read for young readers, it has to be said..
Christian fiction isn't typically on my reading list, but I met Mr. Carter at Can-Con 2012 and, having read the blurb (which contains my new favourite phrase 'layeth the epic smacketh-down'), I couldn't resist getting a copy for myself. Mr. Carter did a great job of avoiding the trap the much Christian Fiction falls into. The book was neither annoyingly preachy, nor evangelically misguided. In fact, it contains a very moderate and much more appealing view that I find is so lacking in religious discourse today.
Like much YA fiction, this book deals with very serious issues - the indoctrination of hate, for example - with a quick wit and a large dollop of humour. In fact, there was so much humour I found myself giggling to myself often, and sometimes barking a loud laugh that terrified my cats. The fact that God is presented as truth, or the presence of angels and demons did not affront me quite so much as books of this kind usually do. No offence, writers of Christian Fiction. I'm just not a believer, you know?
It made for an incredibly enticing read, so much so that I read the entire book in one sitting. The story is compelling, well-written, YA without being insulting to the intelligence of youth and hilarious to boot.
And I enjoyed every minute of it.
I highly recommend getting this book, both for yourselves and for the young people in your lives. It's great fun!
Christian fiction isn't typically on my reading list, but I met Mr. Carter at Can-Con 2012 and, having read the blurb (which contains my new favourite phrase 'layeth the epic smacketh-down'), I couldn't resist getting a copy for myself. Mr. Carter did a great job of avoiding the trap the much Christian Fiction falls into. The book was neither annoyingly preachy, nor evangelically misguided. In fact, it contains a very moderate and much more appealing view that I find is so lacking in religious discourse today.
Like much YA fiction, this book deals with very serious issues - the indoctrination of hate, for example - with a quick wit and a large dollop of humour. In fact, there was so much humour I found myself giggling to myself often, and sometimes barking a loud laugh that terrified my cats. The fact that God is presented as truth, or the presence of angels and demons did not affront me quite so much as books of this kind usually do. No offence, writers of Christian Fiction. I'm just not a believer, you know?
It made for an incredibly enticing read, so much so that I read the entire book in one sitting. The story is compelling, well-written, YA without being insulting to the intelligence of youth and hilarious to boot.
And I enjoyed every minute of it.
I highly recommend getting this book, both for yourselves and for the young people in your lives. It's great fun!
February 4, 2015
Was f��r ein Buch, es war zum Schmunzeln.
Das Buch handelt um Stuart ein Jungen der sich in einen sehr Religi��sen Dorf outet, die Bewohner nehmen das sogar sehr 'locker' hin.
Aber auf einmal, als sein kleiner Bruder in unter der Dusche erwischt , was nunmal in der Bibel als S��nde bekannt ist ;)
Damit geht es los, das ganze Dorf scheint wie unter einer Gehirnw��sche zu ein, den nun soll Stuart das Schwul sein ausgetrieben werden und das auf einer sehr gemeinen Art .
An seiner Seite ein D��mon den Stuart immer wieder aus der H��lle beschw��rt und der am liebsten dem jungen den Hals umdrehen will. Genau die beiden, die sich hassen, verb��nden sich und kommen hinter dem Geheimnis warum die Stadtgerade durch dreht. Ein Engel der Schwule nicht ausstehen kann, will das man diese ausmerzen will.
Das Buch hat alles was man braucht und viel Schwarzen Humor.
Ich konnte viel Lachen auch wenn man wei�� das diese Geschichten immer noch Realit��t sind.
Ein Junge der Schwul ist , eine Familie die immer streng in die Kirche geht, das passt nichtund dann kommt noch dazu das Schwul sein ja eine 'Krankheit' ist.
Timothy Carter hat diese doch ernste Geschichte in was Lustigen verwandelt und bringt das gut r��ber.
Wer nicht der Meinung ist das Schwule krank sind, das Engel eben auch mal eine Klatsche haben d��rfen und D��monen die besten Freunde Menschen werden k��nnen, sind bei dem Buch richtig.
Stuart gefiel mir total in dem Buch da er seine Leits��tze nie hinterfragt und meint ich muss mich ��ndern !
Das Buch handelt um Stuart ein Jungen der sich in einen sehr Religi��sen Dorf outet, die Bewohner nehmen das sogar sehr 'locker' hin.
Aber auf einmal, als sein kleiner Bruder in unter der Dusche erwischt , was nunmal in der Bibel als S��nde bekannt ist ;)
Damit geht es los, das ganze Dorf scheint wie unter einer Gehirnw��sche zu ein, den nun soll Stuart das Schwul sein ausgetrieben werden und das auf einer sehr gemeinen Art .
An seiner Seite ein D��mon den Stuart immer wieder aus der H��lle beschw��rt und der am liebsten dem jungen den Hals umdrehen will. Genau die beiden, die sich hassen, verb��nden sich und kommen hinter dem Geheimnis warum die Stadtgerade durch dreht. Ein Engel der Schwule nicht ausstehen kann, will das man diese ausmerzen will.
Das Buch hat alles was man braucht und viel Schwarzen Humor.
Ich konnte viel Lachen auch wenn man wei�� das diese Geschichten immer noch Realit��t sind.
Ein Junge der Schwul ist , eine Familie die immer streng in die Kirche geht, das passt nichtund dann kommt noch dazu das Schwul sein ja eine 'Krankheit' ist.
Timothy Carter hat diese doch ernste Geschichte in was Lustigen verwandelt und bringt das gut r��ber.
Wer nicht der Meinung ist das Schwule krank sind, das Engel eben auch mal eine Klatsche haben d��rfen und D��monen die besten Freunde Menschen werden k��nnen, sind bei dem Buch richtig.
Stuart gefiel mir total in dem Buch da er seine Leits��tze nie hinterfragt und meint ich muss mich ��ndern !
October 3, 2014
Was für ein Buch, es war zum Schmunzeln.
Das Buch handelt um Stuart ein Jungen der sich in einen sehr Religiösen Dorf outet, die Bewohner nehmen das sogar sehr 'locker' hin.
Aber auf einmal, als sein kleiner Bruder in unter der Dusche erwischt , was nunmal in der Bibel als Sünde bekannt ist ;)
Damit geht es los, das ganze Dorf scheint wie unter einer Gehirnwäsche zu ein, den nun soll Stuart das Schwul sein ausgetrieben werden und das auf einer sehr gemeinen Art .
An seiner Seite ein Dämon den Stuart immer wieder aus der Hölle beschwört und der am liebsten dem jungen den Hals umdrehen will. Genau die beiden, die sich hassen, verbünden sich und kommen hinter dem Geheimnis warum die Stadtgerade durch dreht. Ein Engel der Schwule nicht ausstehen kann, will das man diese ausmerzen will.
Das Buch hat alles was man braucht und viel Schwarzen Humor.
Ich konnte viel Lachen auch wenn man weiß das diese Geschichten immer noch Realität sind.
Ein Junge der Schwul ist , eine Familie die immer streng in die Kirche geht, das passt nichtund dann kommt noch dazu das Schwul sein ja eine 'Krankheit' ist.
Timothy Carter hat diese doch ernste Geschichte in was Lustigen verwandelt und bringt das gut rüber.
Wer nicht der Meinung ist das Schwule krank sind, das Engel eben auch mal eine Klatsche haben dürfen und Dämonen die besten Freunde Menschen werden können, sind bei dem Buch richtig.
Stuart gefiel mir total in dem Buch da er seine Leitsätze nie hinterfragt und meint ich muss mich ändern !
Das Buch handelt um Stuart ein Jungen der sich in einen sehr Religiösen Dorf outet, die Bewohner nehmen das sogar sehr 'locker' hin.
Aber auf einmal, als sein kleiner Bruder in unter der Dusche erwischt , was nunmal in der Bibel als Sünde bekannt ist ;)
Damit geht es los, das ganze Dorf scheint wie unter einer Gehirnwäsche zu ein, den nun soll Stuart das Schwul sein ausgetrieben werden und das auf einer sehr gemeinen Art .
An seiner Seite ein Dämon den Stuart immer wieder aus der Hölle beschwört und der am liebsten dem jungen den Hals umdrehen will. Genau die beiden, die sich hassen, verbünden sich und kommen hinter dem Geheimnis warum die Stadtgerade durch dreht. Ein Engel der Schwule nicht ausstehen kann, will das man diese ausmerzen will.
Das Buch hat alles was man braucht und viel Schwarzen Humor.
Ich konnte viel Lachen auch wenn man weiß das diese Geschichten immer noch Realität sind.
Ein Junge der Schwul ist , eine Familie die immer streng in die Kirche geht, das passt nichtund dann kommt noch dazu das Schwul sein ja eine 'Krankheit' ist.
Timothy Carter hat diese doch ernste Geschichte in was Lustigen verwandelt und bringt das gut rüber.
Wer nicht der Meinung ist das Schwule krank sind, das Engel eben auch mal eine Klatsche haben dürfen und Dämonen die besten Freunde Menschen werden können, sind bei dem Buch richtig.
Stuart gefiel mir total in dem Buch da er seine Leitsätze nie hinterfragt und meint ich muss mich ändern !
July 23, 2009
Timothy Carter's EVIL tells the unlikely story of Stuart Bradley, a gay teen, whose small Christian town in Ontario suddenly has a radical opinion about the Sin of Onan...more commonly referred to as "going single-player with the joystick". As it turns out, though, it is a fallen angel that has incited the hatred in this town, and now it is up to Stu, a small demon named Fon Pyre, and Stu's friend Chester, who may or may not be gay but certainly isn't the brightest bulb at times.
At its surface level, the novel obviously tells the moral of acceptance over hatred. Ok, we've been there and done that. What makes EVIL stand out, though, is the original plot twist of a fallen angel as well as the ample supply of jokes. Carter keeps the plot rolling along with rapid-fire jokes at every turn, keeping readers interested in the otherwise fairly standard plot progression.
Stuart is a likable protagonist, and Mr. Brightly is a ell-crafted villain, but the star here is the tiny Fon Pyre, who, as demons are wont to do, tries to twist Stu's every word; in the end, though, Fon Pyre shows genuine care for Stu and grows as a character.
With a high-speed chase scene, fallen angels, demons, and the number one hit "We All Live in AYellow Jesus Submarine", EVIL is an entertaining read that is sure to please. It will be available in stores August 9.
At its surface level, the novel obviously tells the moral of acceptance over hatred. Ok, we've been there and done that. What makes EVIL stand out, though, is the original plot twist of a fallen angel as well as the ample supply of jokes. Carter keeps the plot rolling along with rapid-fire jokes at every turn, keeping readers interested in the otherwise fairly standard plot progression.
Stuart is a likable protagonist, and Mr. Brightly is a ell-crafted villain, but the star here is the tiny Fon Pyre, who, as demons are wont to do, tries to twist Stu's every word; in the end, though, Fon Pyre shows genuine care for Stu and grows as a character.
With a high-speed chase scene, fallen angels, demons, and the number one hit "We All Live in A
August 29, 2013
I decided to read Evil?, thinking it a humorous book. And I was right. It was hilarious. Not only that, but it had some character development, it was well written, and it had an interesting and original plot. Everything I look for in a book. But there were three things that kept me from giving this book a perfect five stars:
1. The total lack of chemistry between the romantic couple. I felt like Carter was trying to push the romantic factor too much, and was just trying to end it. In my opinion, there was less love between the two characters and more lust.
2. The randomness in plot that came up from time to time. This comes up in most humorous books, so I was not surprised when I saw it here as well. But I was shocked that it appeared so blatantly in this book.
3. THE COMPLETELY UNRESOLVED ENDING!!! This was what irked me the most and led me to write this review. The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, with no sequel in sight. It leaves a feeling of emptiness, TOTAL FRUSTRATION, and overall disappointment.
Honestly, Evil? is a great read. It's just the ending that leaves you dissatisfied, as well as the reasons stated above. But if you're looking for a light, yet action-packed book, Evil? is definitely the book to turn to.
1. The total lack of chemistry between the romantic couple. I felt like Carter was trying to push the romantic factor too much, and was just trying to end it. In my opinion, there was less love between the two characters and more lust.
2. The randomness in plot that came up from time to time. This comes up in most humorous books, so I was not surprised when I saw it here as well. But I was shocked that it appeared so blatantly in this book.
3. THE COMPLETELY UNRESOLVED ENDING!!! This was what irked me the most and led me to write this review. The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, with no sequel in sight. It leaves a feeling of emptiness, TOTAL FRUSTRATION, and overall disappointment.
Honestly, Evil? is a great read. It's just the ending that leaves you dissatisfied, as well as the reasons stated above. But if you're looking for a light, yet action-packed book, Evil? is definitely the book to turn to.
November 3, 2009
Ages 12+ (no major language, but the plot centers around masturbation. That might make some parental-types uncomfortable, so I'm erring on the side of caution. Oh, and of course it pokes fun at America's Favorite ReligionTM)
Right up my alley. Teenage Stuart is caught masturbating by his younger brother. Soon, the whole town is in an uproar, and teenagers are their target. High school students can face expulsion if they are even suspected of engaging in the sin of Onan. With the help of a murderous little demon named Fon Pyre who he's been summoning for the past year (he's making a film where he gets the real deal on what God cares about - fortunately for Stuart, being gay isn't an issue for God) he sets out to discover what's behind his town's irrational hatred of those who spill their seed to the ground. Answer: a fallen angel, of course.
A tongue in cheek angel-slam that pokes fun at the blind (and illogical) devotion that sometimes accompanies Christianity. A sharp satire for people who make signs like this: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arch...
Right up my alley. Teenage Stuart is caught masturbating by his younger brother. Soon, the whole town is in an uproar, and teenagers are their target. High school students can face expulsion if they are even suspected of engaging in the sin of Onan. With the help of a murderous little demon named Fon Pyre who he's been summoning for the past year (he's making a film where he gets the real deal on what God cares about - fortunately for Stuart, being gay isn't an issue for God) he sets out to discover what's behind his town's irrational hatred of those who spill their seed to the ground. Answer: a fallen angel, of course.
A tongue in cheek angel-slam that pokes fun at the blind (and illogical) devotion that sometimes accompanies Christianity. A sharp satire for people who make signs like this: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arch...
November 16, 2009
This book is totally irreverant and fairly raunchy, yet a fun & light (not difficult) read.
I mean, read the summary - a town goes psycho because of the influence of fallen angels and wants to smite down all the teens who are discovered to commit the Sin of Onan (i.e. masturbation). To top it off, our protaginist is an "out" homosexual who, not liking what he hears at church & Christian school, verifies things by summoning a demon that he binds to himself to tell only the truth. So, if you're looking for something funny & the topics above don't offend you, go for it (but in good conscience, I have to say I wouldn't recommend it for under about 15-16 years old).
FYI, there is no sexual activity other than the masturbation in the book & the priest at the church is by far the most understanding person in the town (the protaganist feels comortable enough with him to confide his demon summoning - though the priest's acceptance of that certainly feels artificial). This book doesn't seem to condemn religion or faith, but rather the misunderstanding of religion & zealotry in spreading misunderstanding.
I mean, read the summary - a town goes psycho because of the influence of fallen angels and wants to smite down all the teens who are discovered to commit the Sin of Onan (i.e. masturbation). To top it off, our protaginist is an "out" homosexual who, not liking what he hears at church & Christian school, verifies things by summoning a demon that he binds to himself to tell only the truth. So, if you're looking for something funny & the topics above don't offend you, go for it (but in good conscience, I have to say I wouldn't recommend it for under about 15-16 years old).
FYI, there is no sexual activity other than the masturbation in the book & the priest at the church is by far the most understanding person in the town (the protaganist feels comortable enough with him to confide his demon summoning - though the priest's acceptance of that certainly feels artificial). This book doesn't seem to condemn religion or faith, but rather the misunderstanding of religion & zealotry in spreading misunderstanding.
January 5, 2011
Sarcastic and self-deprecating, Stuart is an openly gay teenager in a school and town that is extreme in it's conservative Christian ideology. Even though the town is accepting (sort of) of him being gay, they are horrified to find out he masturbates. GASP! The town goes psycho and wants to smite down all the teens who are discovered to commit the Sin of Onan (masturbation). The author finds humor in expressing this aspect with lines that will make you laugh out loud! (Stuart is referred to as the Progidgal Spiller, among other euphemisms.)
To get the truth about what actually constitutes a sin, Stuart summons the demon Fon Pyre, who let's it slip that the new Biblical Studies teacher at Stuart's school is a actually a fallen angel who is controlling the minds of the townspeople, inciting hatred and extremism in the community. It falls to Stuart to save his feeble-minded neighbors before their intense fanaticism tears a rift in the thin veil protecting the human world from the demon hoards waiting to attack on the other side.
The author describes his writing style as Far Fetched Fiction and it is.
To get the truth about what actually constitutes a sin, Stuart summons the demon Fon Pyre, who let's it slip that the new Biblical Studies teacher at Stuart's school is a actually a fallen angel who is controlling the minds of the townspeople, inciting hatred and extremism in the community. It falls to Stuart to save his feeble-minded neighbors before their intense fanaticism tears a rift in the thin veil protecting the human world from the demon hoards waiting to attack on the other side.
The author describes his writing style as Far Fetched Fiction and it is.
June 6, 2012
Mr. Carter certainly has a bee in his bonnet about so-called Christian values and that smug disdain permeates almost every paragraph in this book. However, although it does shift the onus of responsibility away from human beings on to otherworldly beings, Mr. Carter’s novel avoids the wholesale condemnation that ran rampant throughout his previous novel “Epoch”.
Mr. Carter does come up with a unique reason to explain phobias towards certain sinners that is rather entertaining, which makes this novel worth a look. His characters remain rather one note, falling back on religious dogma whenever they’re called on to think outside the box. But, when circumstances get the righteous thrown off the bandwagon of those surely headed for heaven, then viewpoints undergo radical shifts in behavior, sometimes surprising this reader.
Being an agnostic, this book’s contents initially pandered to my own cynicism about God and the self-righteous. Oddly enough, it brings its main character to a better understanding about his own nature and the grudging acceptance that religious fervor isn’t necessarily out of place in his life and maybe the lives of other unbelievers as well.
Mr. Carter does come up with a unique reason to explain phobias towards certain sinners that is rather entertaining, which makes this novel worth a look. His characters remain rather one note, falling back on religious dogma whenever they’re called on to think outside the box. But, when circumstances get the righteous thrown off the bandwagon of those surely headed for heaven, then viewpoints undergo radical shifts in behavior, sometimes surprising this reader.
Being an agnostic, this book’s contents initially pandered to my own cynicism about God and the self-righteous. Oddly enough, it brings its main character to a better understanding about his own nature and the grudging acceptance that religious fervor isn’t necessarily out of place in his life and maybe the lives of other unbelievers as well.
October 31, 2012
Oksy, so I'm not going to go through the basic summary of this story because countless people have already went over it. What I will say, though, is that all of you guys that said this book was "just like any other book" or that it was along the lines of "medicore" need to go throw yourself off a small bridge. Lolno, but seriously? This book was absolutely amazing. I mean-what's medicore about it? The demon-my god the demon- is the most realistic demon I have read about thus far. [And let me tell you, I've read PLENTY.] Books like Hush, Hush or Fallen have nothing on Evil. Humor, action, suspense-it's all thrown in there perfectly. And the religion? Most books go overload on religious topics and bore the readers to death, but not this read. Timoty Carter is a brilliant man. PLUS, the main character is gay. Hello? Need I say more? I am in love with this book, and the first time I got, I read it three more times again that night.
'Dis just be my opinion.(: I also tend to judge a book by its cover, and this cover really....called out to me. -Nods wisely.-
'Dis just be my opinion.(: I also tend to judge a book by its cover, and this cover really....called out to me. -Nods wisely.-
August 3, 2009
This is one of those rare reads that ends up being something entirely different than you thought it would be. The author likes to refer to his writing as Far Fetched Fiction...I call it wonderfully satirical and full of wicked humor! Trust me, you just might find yourself laughing out loud at this books bravely flamboyant and comical dialogue.
The books protagonist, Stuart, is smart and sassy. A likable character whose sarcastic and self-deprecating voice keeps the plot lively. With vast array of diverse characters, from Stuarts church pastor who completely supports him to the self-serving demon Fon Pyre, we have here a well-rounded supporting cast.
With a not-so-subtle stab at the over zealous, Christian right-wing extremist's contempt of homosexuality and "sexual sins", this book may not be for everybody. But if you enjoy a hilarious satire with all of the fun and none of the brooding, this book is just for you!
I recommend for 9th grade and above.
The books protagonist, Stuart, is smart and sassy. A likable character whose sarcastic and self-deprecating voice keeps the plot lively. With vast array of diverse characters, from Stuarts church pastor who completely supports him to the self-serving demon Fon Pyre, we have here a well-rounded supporting cast.
With a not-so-subtle stab at the over zealous, Christian right-wing extremist's contempt of homosexuality and "sexual sins", this book may not be for everybody. But if you enjoy a hilarious satire with all of the fun and none of the brooding, this book is just for you!
I recommend for 9th grade and above.
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