The Tree

by Mike Lynch

****PLEASE The Tree is a standalone Christian novella of approximately 22,000 words. It is not a full-length book.**** What would the world be like if no one hurt one another? If we did live in an ideal world, how hard would it be to fight to keep it? The Tree answers those questions and more through the eyes of Quentin Truitt, who is given the choice of enjoying all the blessings God has given us without the taint of sin, or desire something more, and the unforeseen consequences that go with it.

88 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2013

Reviews

[Keanan Brand · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is good, if a bit slow to start. The author imagines what might happen if the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil had existed until modern times, and what might happen when someone ate of the fruit.

There is a lot of material that could have been mined, themes that could have been explored, but they might have required an entire novel's worth of words. However, if the author ever wishes to go back and expand this work, he has plenty of room for speculation.


Spoiler:
Yeshua as the maker of His own cross was particularly poignant.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Tree is quite the novel. It reminded me of a parable- you will get from it what the Holy Spirit leads you to see. My opinion is that you can't read it without taking something away from it. Whether you see greed, rebelliousness, lying, one person's sin invading all of mankind, and the results of each or all of those, or you see the story of redemption- there is something in this book for you.

[Mark Venturini · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting twist on the story of mankind's fall. There are many thought-provoking passages as we watch society through the lens of sinless humanity. My only complaint (and I mean this as a compliment) is I wish the author would have explored deeper the many themes of fear and isolation and a deteriorating world in the wake of sin. I like the story very much, but it ended much too soon for me. I wanted more. That's the mark of a good writer and a good story.