Official Review: Beyond the Fire by Dewayne A. Jackson
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Re: Official Review: Beyond the Fire by Dewayne A. Jackson
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This is a book filled with christian jargon. I am not a fan of spiritual fiction so i don't think i would enjoy reading the book. I would recommend it to lovers of spiritual fiction. Nice review though
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Beyond the Fire is a book set around the 17th to 19th century. The author never explicitly sets a date down for events but certain clues place the story around here. The reason why it is so broad is because of how the story is told. The beginning of the story is set in a town called Amity at Christmas time. A grandfather, Bill Cotton, is telling the origin story of the town to his grandchildren. Due to the context clue of arriving in a sleigh, I place the prologue of the story around 19th century. Since he is talking about a reasonably established town and he is not referring to himself or his parents in the story, I place the rest of the first 3 chapters in the 17th century.
I won’t spoil the book for anyone but the town of Amity was built on the belief of worshipping God and escaping from people who forced them to worship a goddess of the moon. Religion aside, I enjoyed the book and I am thinking about purchasing the rest of the book and the next two books to see how it ends. Beyond the Fire had a real folk story feel to it for me. It taught a lesson about worshipping false idols and the strength of belief without explicitly telling you. I found it very entertaining hence the 3 out of 4 stars. The one flaw I have is that you aren’t really sure who is supposed to be the main character. It switches from Josiah to Gaff for a few chapters so I assumed that Josiah had died and was very surprised that he was still a very active part of the story.
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