Reviews

The Last Disciple by James Holmes

swtpshorty's review

4.0

This is an imaginative, fast-paced, and absorbing novel about the end-of-days. I will warn that it is quite graphic, nothing too extreme, but just not for the faint of heart. The characterization is good - you really get a feel for each of the characters’ personalities, but there is a little left to be answered in subsequent books in the series as to why they make the decisions they do and what makes them tick. I think this is a good thing because you want to learn more and read the next books. I liked that it seemed there was a puzzle I was trying to piece together throughout the book. What is this Longinus guy up to and why? There are a few typos and a bit of a plot hole when the specials ops guy decides not to bring a gun to a stake-out (who would do that?!) but meh, I can forgive those tiny things. Overall a great book that kept me hanging on and caused my husband to get mad at me when I wouldn’t put it down.

gbdill's review

1.0

Well, I guess I'm the oddball here. I did not like this book... at all. I couldn't push myself to trudge along any further than the first 100 pages. Didn't care too much for the characters. The protagonist, a heroin addict, a killer, wordless, and rather shallow. All of the female characters were objectified. The story jumped too much between different timeframes within the far past, the past, and the present. Story was too fragmented. Didn't enjoy it. Moving on.

poisedpenpro's review

5.0

This is one of the best books that I’ve read in a long time. I normally try to write a review as soon as I finish a book, while it’s still fresh in my mind. For this one, it took me a few days to process what I had read. It truly wasn’t what I was expecting, when I first started reading.

The Last Disciple is an excellent piece of writing. The story moves at a rapid pace, the excitement and action never let up. It’s dark, gritty, shows the good and the evil that exist among us, but still offers hope for the future.

If I had a con it but be that it was violent, sometimes to the extreme. It made me queasy in a few places. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart.

While there wasn’t a cliff-hanger, the way the book ends suggests there may be a book 2. I really hope there is. I highly recommend this one! 5-stars

oldmusty772's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Really great author!

ogrezed's review against another edition

3.0

Not my cup of tea. I'm not a fan of stories with a lot of religious zealotry in it. I should have moved it to my DNF pile early on, but was curious where it would end up. Mid-story, of course. But I'm not interested enough to continue to another book. I have too many others available.