An important book everyone should read.

Posted : 4 months ago on 25 April 2008 03:28 (A review of The God Delusion)

I picked this book up at Easter, it was being heralded in my local book store and i figured it would be a very interesting read. At half way through the book i find that my assumption was not wrong.
If you have ever thought to yourself about religion, what to believe, what not to believe, you must read this book, or at least a book like it.
In it, Richard Dawkins examines all the reasons why there MUST be some kind of God and why there simply CAN NOT be a God. He also examines why religions are inherently flawed, and where each of them finds their roots through out history.
This book is part philosophy, part history and i would say part religious and part science. Its an age old debate, of which i am new to following, although extremely interested in. I find this book has been a great starting point in exploring my true beliefs and also questioning what the world leads people to believe. I feel that once i have finished this book i will have a vastly improved knowledge of religions, including the one i have supposedly been a part of for the past 22 years without truely knowing anything factual about it!
If you are a truely religious person, or part of a religion you know little about, then i recommend this to you. If you are an extremist then you would definitely benefit from reading the words in this book as they aim to open your eyes a bit more, however one of the problems i find with this book is that people who do ere on the extreme side of believing, will no doubt discard and discredit this book without actually reading it. I imagined whilst first reading through it, the Pope sitting in the Vatican, shunning the book without even opening it, decreeing that it was the work of the devil and should be ignored at all costs. If thats your opinion too then sadly this is the 1 book above all others you NEED to read.

Since starting to read this book, i have discovered numerous people who are already familiar with it, or familiar with Dawkins work and they are all in agreement that his work is very well presented and that it has given them the encouragement to explore further into a world of knowledge that is rarely discussed in the open.

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Go then, there are other worlds than the

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 9 March 2008 11:07 (A review of The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Bk. 1 (Dark Tower))

This is the start of an absolutely huge story, spanning 7 books, 30 years worth of writing and over 3000 pages of work. Steven King started this book at the age of 19 deciding that in his life he wanted to create something better than The Lord of the Rings, something that would be epic, something that would be big. He certainly achieved this, the story starts off in this book as kind of setting the scene, introducing you to the main character Roland of Gilead and giving you insight into what kind of man he is and what he is doing. I found this one a bit harder to read than the others but it is definitely a good book and worth reading through as once you reach books 2 and 3 you will be sold on the series for good. The rest of the books are considerably bigger than the first, but i found myself hooked to the series and read the first 4 in about 2 and a half weeks. You are lucky enough now to have the series already released, it is even being being made into a film/tv series, but when i read this the last 2 books were not out yet and thus i had to wait. Which was difficult to say the least! Once you start this series you will want to finish it, and once you do you will feel like you have come a hell of a long way since reading this book. I hope many people read this so it gains the recognition it deserves and that Steven King gets the kudos he deserves for giving it to us. You will not be disappointed if you read this!

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The End of an Epic Saga.

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago on 9 March 2008 10:51 (A review of The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower)

The Dark Tower draws a close to Steven Kings biggest focus through out his career as a writer. It is all of his work drawn together in an epic final installment to his 7 book series which took him over 30 years to complete. The characters in this novel are absolutely brilliant, and this book does them all justice and finishes things perfectly. After reading 6 books you want to savor the last and enjoy it, you want to feel satisfied with the ending and feel that everything was tied up perfectly, and in The Dark Tower you get that. There is no bull in this story, no dragging out the cause just a little longer, it is a difficult journey and this book completes it thoroughly. Iv not yet found a series i can hold up to the quality of DT and i know i wont for quite some time. This is a must read for anyone who likes Western, Fantasy or really any genre. Its Kings attempt at writing his very own "Lord of the Rings" style epic and not only does he do it, he surpasses it by a very very long way. It may be coming to the big screen soon, or possibly as a tv show, the rights have been bought to it by J.J Abrams, so you know it ought to be great.


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