May BOTM - Featured Review: Save the Last Bullet for God

Please use this forum to discuss historical fiction books. Common definitions define historical fiction as novels written at least 25-50 years after the book's setting.
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Re: May BOTM - Featured Review: Save the Last Bullet for God

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What an interesting book! It was not at all what I was expecting when I read the title. From reading the sample and your review, I am very intrigued. Jumping back and forth between time & characters does seem like it will be hard to follow but my curiosity is winning on this one
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The sample kept me tuned in with all the flashbacks and different threads of the story bringing Wilhelm Reich and Maria Orsic together. Since the plot includes so many distinct elements from occult societies and secret codes to alien races and Nazi Germany, I'm wondering how the author manages to fit them all in the same frame. Thanks for your review!
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This book sounds complex. Jumping from different times and different characters can get confusing, but it sounds like this author did it well.
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Interesting how this book makes the reader question the reality of the life, and that it's challenging. Great review.
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Very thorough and well-written review. I'm not sure I'd read the book itself. Although the reviewer does not discourage people of faith from reading it, a mission to kill God sounds weird to me. The review does discourage anyone that can't handle blood and guts from reading and that certainly applies to me. :shock:
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I like intellectual challenges and I am also fond of the Second World War and some of the mysteries associated with it. This book appears to have all of this plus it also points at a new way of looking at life and our existence. The review did a very good job introducing all of this to the reader but I also believe that if the reviewer had not been able to sufficiently grasp these concepts then the review would have been different. Thank you for a well-balanced review of a book that I find fascinating.
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Timeshift science fiction sounds intriguing. It's a challenging read and that's the reason I want to read this book. Thanks for the detailed review.
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This seems like a very intriguing book, managing to combine actual historical events and figures with a science fiction type plot, and working toward a lesson in the end.
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A science fiction that mentions important historical figures to and evokes in-depth discussions involving psychology, physics, astronomy, history, and more. I think Alblood has written a fantastic book that not only allows the reader travel through time but also provoke thought.
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Interesting concept, not your usual alternative universe scenario and more appealing for it. As a true history fan I would like to see how it all worked out!
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This book sounds awesome! A complex sci-fi/thriller with historical elements, sign me up! I'm very interested to see why the story is not "believable" in the reality we know and understand, as the review I read
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This book makes one view life from an entirely new perspective. The reader is on a journey across time to learn about a complex operation. What a great review. Thank you
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A journey across time that challenges our preconceived notions sounds like a must read to me.

Thank you for the great review.
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Post by CinWin »

I read the sample and thought it was about a secret mission in WWII also. So it's about trying to kill God? Wow! Thank you for this great review.
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