Comments on: The Left Hand of God: Review

By: emmett

emmett — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:50:18 +0000

i disagree with your review , you totaly slate it without reason sounds to me like your have some problem with the author . i had never heard of book and picked it up for a read in work and i thought it was great , i could not put it down after i started . cant wait to read next book . keep up the good work mr. hoffman thank you for a great book

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:49:56 +0000

It is a dystopian novel. There are canon and other “rediscovered” weapons. There are some pretty powerful weapons that the author spends a lot of copy explaining, maybe “blow their heads off” is just a phrase left over from when there were sniper rifles and carbines. What period warfare are you referring to? The future period? The boys are programed by a twisted monastic order, not to have personalities, but to be killing machines and possibly bring about their prophetic visions of armageddon. The names are awful? I found them pretty typical for this genre. There is a lot of mystery in this novel, not everything is explained. Not every fantasy novel/trilogy/series has to be some colossal, world building exercise. It can just be a tale of a time, or a place, or an event, or an idea, or of a boy coming of age. I am looking forward to the sequel.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:16:00 +0000

I came across this review as I was looking for information on the sequel. I also have to disagree, I really enjoyed it. I am a little surprised, I am a pretty picky SF/Fant reader and am not afraid to stop reading immediately if the material does not live up to my expectations. I am not familiar with this website, maybe I just have different tastes than the reviewers. If there is this much negativity towards this book, make it a library loan to be safe.

By: Nicole_36

Nicole_36 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:55:29 +0000

I agree mostly with what has been said, which I find really frustrating because I think this novel just drips with potential… Its just none of it is realised. The Sanctuary – religious slave army idea, I think is great. You can do a lot with that. Problem is all the characters are 2D caricatures, names are an awful mix of made up from nothing and stolen from real life (Nathan Jog, Nicholas Panick, Stape Roy, Memphis) actions are taken with no motivation… other posters have already described this but also I would like to add that it shows no understanding of the warfare of the period. There is a reason that Snipers/ sharpshooters didn’t exist until rifling. Another blaring inconsistency; soldiers are told to “… blow their heads off.” With what? They have swords not guns. Just avoid it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:13:40 +0000

Bosco is the Lord Militant, so he is referred to earlier. But because we aren’t told about his real name beforehand there is a section where it can be confusing as to who he is.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:11:27 +0000

Cale says the soliders are veterans from the war against the Antagonists. You are correct that it didnt happen in the book, but it’s implied to have happened prior to the events in the book. Although i will agree with you about Bosco, i was incredibly confused when he started being mentioned.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:52:53 +0000

Can anyone explain to me who the soldiers are that Cale says he killed during his conversation with Idrispukke on about the 4th page of chapter 20????? (pg 247 in my Penguin edition). Is it just me or did this NEVER HAPPEN in the book?? Same as the first reference to Bosco. He is just inserted as a character we feel i felt i was supposed to already know about. This book has so many random things like this in it. I find i am always flicking back through pages Please respond if u can explain the above mystery though. It’s killing me.

By: qwertyuiop

qwertyuiop — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:31:29 +0000

I don’t really agree with this review its really negative and i am in the processing of reading the left hand of god and am really enjoying it, filled with betrayal surprises and action all round i think it is a great book

By: FitzChivalry_

FitzChivalry_ — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:03:41 +0000

There is no such thing as a “wrong” opinion. If you don’t know that then you have no validity to your statement.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:15:37 +0000

I completely disagree with your book review. However, we are all entitled to our own opinions, even if yours is dead wrong.