srinamarie's review
2.0
I just couldn't really get into this book. If you are going to tackle such a known villain as the one in this book, you should make sure you have the writing chops to really strike fear into the reader's heart. I just found myself not connecting with any characters and not enjoying the dragging storyline. eh.
jenny_reads_horror's review
5.0
C.G. Bauer has written a tale that is a little bit horror, a little bit mystery, a little bit surprise, a little bit history lesson. That is the simplest way I can think to describe 'Scars'. It took me a bit to get past the first 5 chapters but then after that I couldn't stop reading! I was sucked in. The story is written in Wump's point of view, which I loved. I felt like I knew him and couldn't help but feel bad for the hard knocks he had endured through his life. Being abandoned and having to live in an orphanage, taking the wrong path as a young man and doing prison time, loosing his 24 year old son to leukemia, the things he had seen over the course of his life, just to name a few (hey, I don't want to give everything away, right?). Set in the 60's, with glimpses of past times via Wump's recollections, in a small town where families with money influence just about everything equals skeleton's in almost every closet. And skeleton's in closets means a great story for the reader!!
The cast of characters all work together very well, from orphaned best buddies Leo and Raymond, to a nun Leo calls Sister Dimples, a priest who was a former MLB player, a priest with all the wrong intentions to old Mrs. V. whose husband went missing many many years ago. When one of the Sister's dies strange things start happening and a mysterious book appears, The Devil's Bible, with a prophecy that has been passed on from generation to generation. A deep dark secret has been kept and as Wump, with the help of Father Duncan, puts the pieces together he is in for the shock of his life. With Good Friday approaching, the prophecy is about to come true and it's a fight for their souls...literally.
One thing I love about a good book is the element of realization. Bauer gave that to me on a silver platter. I did not see the ending coming and a perfect ending it was. Only one complaint, and it is a personal one but nothing that would affect my love of this novel. The book is centered around the Catholic church. I grew up Baptist so many of the terms were unknown to me. Scars on the Face of God: The Devil's Bible is a must read...just with the lights on ;)
The cast of characters all work together very well, from orphaned best buddies Leo and Raymond, to a nun Leo calls Sister Dimples, a priest who was a former MLB player, a priest with all the wrong intentions to old Mrs. V. whose husband went missing many many years ago. When one of the Sister's dies strange things start happening and a mysterious book appears, The Devil's Bible, with a prophecy that has been passed on from generation to generation. A deep dark secret has been kept and as Wump, with the help of Father Duncan, puts the pieces together he is in for the shock of his life. With Good Friday approaching, the prophecy is about to come true and it's a fight for their souls...literally.
One thing I love about a good book is the element of realization. Bauer gave that to me on a silver platter. I did not see the ending coming and a perfect ending it was. Only one complaint, and it is a personal one but nothing that would affect my love of this novel. The book is centered around the Catholic church. I grew up Baptist so many of the terms were unknown to me. Scars on the Face of God: The Devil's Bible is a must read...just with the lights on ;)
aquinas's review
5.0
Absolutely great book!! Well on par with anything that Stephen King has wrote. Highly recommended.
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