Review of Killing Abel

Laurie Bridgens · Post by **Laurie Bridgens** » 13 Feb 2022, 05:07

[Following is a volunteer review of "Killing Abel" by Michael Tieman.]

3 out of 4 stars

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Killing Abel by Michael Tieman is a book that follows the epic tale of the creation of man. The book begins with the creation of Adam, soon followed by Eve. The two lived in an idyllic place called the Garden of Eden and Adam had only received one instruction from his Creator, and that was that they were not to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree. Eve, alone in the Garden one day was tempted by the inhabitant of the tree, a serpent, who convinced her to consume the trees fruit. Once she had given in to her own temptation she then set out to corrupt Adam, which she accomplished. This is where the story begins as the two are banished from the Garden of Eden and both receive punishments from their Creator for ignoring his direct instructions. This is the foundation for all of the generations that followed Adam and Eve, their children, and the children’s children. Some of the offspring would lead lives faithful to their Creator whereas others would be corrupted along the way. The book ends in the prophetic judgement day so that a clean slate can be started for all of mankind.

There were actually many positive aspects of this book, it was very well written, had few grammatical errors and was a genuinely interesting read. The author managed to write a book based on the Christian bible and the stories from it without the book being all about preaching or trying to convince the reader that this is the only way that man was created. The book read like a novel, it was captivating and as a non-religious person even I found myself sucked into the characters’ lives and dramas.

There were few negative aspects of this book if any at all. If forced to choose a negative aspect it would simply be that I don’t follow the Christian faith, so I read the book as a story which is likely not how the author intended the book to be read.

I would rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because it was very well written, it was intriguing, and it conveyed the bibles teachings in an easily enjoyable and understandable context. I did not rate this book any lower because the only negative aspect I could come up with was a personal one, that of my not being of the Christian faith, which I do not think is a good enough reason to give the book a low rating.

I recommend this ideally to a rather specific audience, and that audience would be Christian parents. I say this because I think this would be an excellent way to educate children about the bible because the book is uncomplicated and interesting. Parents could read segments each night as part of a bedtime story time because the book is simple enough for children to understand and is not written in the rather complicated language used in most bibles.

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Killing Abel
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