Thought Provoking

 4 Stars out of 5 Stars Thought provoking, mediocre writing
By chatmaraude
This review is from: End All To Be All (Kindle Edition)
A brief synopsis opens the story with a happy couple, madly in love and getting ready for a vacation. Fast forward about thirty years, and the protagonist is an alcoholic without a home, sleeping on park benches and surviving on food stamps and cigarettes. Opportunity finds him in the social services line, and his life begins to get better. This book is a tumultuous rendition of life on the streets and the struggle with temptation, using faith in God as your guide.

The author does a good job of opening a window into the world of a recovering addict and she certainly has a way of bringing humor into such a dark subject. Johnson's main objective appears to be the ongoing battle for survival and righteous enlightenment. However, it seems that after chapter seven, punctuation became an afterthought, which can be exhausting for the reader. The language throughout the book flows with casual jargon, and the characters' personalities show through the events that happen, rather than in their descriptions. Scriptures at the end of each chapter highlight what you should glean from them.

Definitely worth reading if you're interested in religious reformation.

Author Comment:  Mediocre writing? Evidently this reviewer prefers character descriptions and rated this reading accordingly. I remember a college writing class in which I had to describe a strawberry in 150 words. The teacher's lesson and motive for it was to differentiate what to tell and what to show. A strawberry is an object and is meant to be described so that anyone can guess what that object is. A character is meant to be perceived by one's own cognizance.  Therefore, personalities are shown through events, rather than the author telling the reader how to perceive them. (Intrigue the mind.)