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Review of He Goes Out Weeping
[Following is a volunteer review of "He Goes Out Weeping" by David A. Fiensy.]
He Goes Out Weeping by David A. Fiensy is a book about murder, mystery, romance, religion and power. We are first introduced to Mac Adams and Joe Tremaine. They had spent a year together as cellmates in prison and had made a pact to be partners in crime after they were released. In November, they are hired to beat up a student at the Divinity School of Graf University. They wait, sitting under a magnolia tree near the entrance to the school. It is midnight before the student appears. He looks like an easy target - a weak, defenseless nerd that walks with a limp. Mac and Joe follow him, staying twenty yards behind. By the time they reach where his car is parked, Mac and Joe are only five feet away. Suddenly the target uses a sidekick to break Joe’s kneecap and just as quickly lands a sidekick to Mac’s head. Who is this guy? His name is John Book and he is a religion doctoral student at the university. Later, at the police department, Detective Ray Grandy interviews Book. When questioned, Book tells Grandy that there wasn’t any fight. He also won’t disclose how he injured the men. But why were they going to attack him?
The next morning, Book goes to work in the basement of the school. He works with three other students editing ancient manuscript translations. Professor Musgrave, a “celebrated scholar of ancient church history”, had hired them. Each student was well versed in one of the four ancient languages that they were working with. One evening Book stops at a convenience store on his way home. While there, three men enter the store to rob it. There isn’t enough money to please them so one of them pulls out a gun. Book tries to distract them and ends up using their guns against them. Book’s only injury is a gunshot wound to his shoulder. A few months later Book finds Musgrave murdered in his office and it isn’t long before one of the student translators dies.
There are many topics that arise in this book. There is an investigation into the murders, naturally. Intertwined with that we learn about religions and differing beliefs, as well as how power can influence a person’s actions and character. Last but not least, we have romance. There was nothing sexually explicit but it is a love story all the same. The religious portions are mostly based on Christianity but are not used to proselytize. In fact, there are different beliefs mentioned too. It’s obvious that David Fiensy has knowledge of the topics that are in He Goes Out Weeping. He did a superior job of melding all of them together as well.
This book was a page turner for me. As I read this book, I kept thinking that I knew who the murderer was. However, I was always wrong. I enjoy crime and mystery stories and this book fits those categories. I didn’t feel that the religious parts were overwhelming. They were used to bring a foundation to the story and a setting for the crimes. Two items that kept me interested were wanting to know why Mac and Joe wanted to harm Book and who was the killer?
I don’t have any negative comments about this book. Even though there were some typos, they didn’t slow down my reading or ruin how smoothly the story flowed.
I recommend He Goes Out Weeping by David A. Fiensy to all crime and mystery lovers and also to those who are interested in ancient religion.
I give this book a rating of 3 out of 4 stars. This is only due to the typo errors.
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He Goes Out Weeping
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He Goes Out Weeping by David A. Fiensy is a book about murder, mystery, romance, religion and power. We are first introduced to Mac Adams and Joe Tremaine. They had spent a year together as cellmates in prison and had made a pact to be partners in crime after they were released. In November, they are hired to beat up a student at the Divinity School of Graf University. They wait, sitting under a magnolia tree near the entrance to the school. It is midnight before the student appears. He looks like an easy target - a weak, defenseless nerd that walks with a limp. Mac and Joe follow him, staying twenty yards behind. By the time they reach where his car is parked, Mac and Joe are only five feet away. Suddenly the target uses a sidekick to break Joe’s kneecap and just as quickly lands a sidekick to Mac’s head. Who is this guy? His name is John Book and he is a religion doctoral student at the university. Later, at the police department, Detective Ray Grandy interviews Book. When questioned, Book tells Grandy that there wasn’t any fight. He also won’t disclose how he injured the men. But why were they going to attack him?
The next morning, Book goes to work in the basement of the school. He works with three other students editing ancient manuscript translations. Professor Musgrave, a “celebrated scholar of ancient church history”, had hired them. Each student was well versed in one of the four ancient languages that they were working with. One evening Book stops at a convenience store on his way home. While there, three men enter the store to rob it. There isn’t enough money to please them so one of them pulls out a gun. Book tries to distract them and ends up using their guns against them. Book’s only injury is a gunshot wound to his shoulder. A few months later Book finds Musgrave murdered in his office and it isn’t long before one of the student translators dies.
There are many topics that arise in this book. There is an investigation into the murders, naturally. Intertwined with that we learn about religions and differing beliefs, as well as how power can influence a person’s actions and character. Last but not least, we have romance. There was nothing sexually explicit but it is a love story all the same. The religious portions are mostly based on Christianity but are not used to proselytize. In fact, there are different beliefs mentioned too. It’s obvious that David Fiensy has knowledge of the topics that are in He Goes Out Weeping. He did a superior job of melding all of them together as well.
This book was a page turner for me. As I read this book, I kept thinking that I knew who the murderer was. However, I was always wrong. I enjoy crime and mystery stories and this book fits those categories. I didn’t feel that the religious parts were overwhelming. They were used to bring a foundation to the story and a setting for the crimes. Two items that kept me interested were wanting to know why Mac and Joe wanted to harm Book and who was the killer?
I don’t have any negative comments about this book. Even though there were some typos, they didn’t slow down my reading or ruin how smoothly the story flowed.
I recommend He Goes Out Weeping by David A. Fiensy to all crime and mystery lovers and also to those who are interested in ancient religion.
I give this book a rating of 3 out of 4 stars. This is only due to the typo errors.
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He Goes Out Weeping
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