5/13/2023 0 Comments Punish the Sinners by John SaulSo based on the first third of the book I would only give this book 2 1/2 stars. While it's not a total train wreck, it basically becomes a very mediocre small town soap opera. The characters never seem to fully develop, with most of the teen girls being interchangeable, and our lead character seeming like a different person from chapter to chapter, and sometimes from page to page. With the exception of one very shocking and wonderfully tasteless revelation and sex scene, the book is almost boring and repetitious. I say inconsistent because his motivations and feelings really don't flow from chapter to chapter, but instead seem to jump randomly to fit the story. The rest of the novel is one character's inconsistent struggle with his faith. There are shocking moments, and some very grizzly violence towards the end of the novel, but none of that really picks up until 3/4 of the way through. So picked up a used copy of Punish the Sinners. I have kind of been on a John Saul kick as of late, and decided to give one of his older novels a try.
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