BOOK TITLE: Cradle and all
AUTHOR: James Patterson
PUBLISHER/YEAR: Headlines 2000
BOOK TYPE: Fiction thriller
PAGES: 468
AUTHOR: James Patterson
PUBLISHER/YEAR: Headlines 2000
BOOK TYPE: Fiction thriller
PAGES: 468
SUMMARY: Cradle and All tell the story of two young girls who are both pregnant, despite the fact they are still virgins. One is Kathleen from Boston; the other Colleen from a little village in Ireland. Both suffer from disbelief and belief from others. Of course, in America when the media know what was happening turn it into a circus. It is assumed that one is going to bear the child of Satan while the other will bear a child of Christ, the saviour, who is supposed to save the humanity from epidemics, droughts, famine and floods, as the secret of Fatima predicted.
The girls are being observed by the Catholic Church and its investigators. Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to investigate the immaculate conceptions. She comes to take care about the young women and to find out who is the true virgin. Immediately she realizes that both are in great danger, terrifying forces of light and darkness are gathering. Anne must discover the truth to save the young women, to save herself, and to protect the future of the humanity.
OPINION: I would like to say this book wasn't at all what I expected. I think this book has a great plot and ideas but there is no depth into the characters and it is difficult to be absorbed by the storyline.
Moreover there are too many incongruities. For example, it is assumed that the two girls are virgins because their hymen is intact, but the medical procedures required to monitor a pregnancy would not leave a hymen intact, even if the hymen had been there to begin with.
Moreover reading this book Christians will feel appalled by the sexualizing of the story of the Immaculate Conception, there are plenty of graphically depicted sexual scenes.
LANGUAGE/STYLE: Patterson has a particular style of writing in which he limits the size of each chapter, which used to be tree or five pages longer. It actually works well and keeps the story following well. However, there is a noticeable lack of detail. The settings, characters, and actions taking place are never fully explored. The vocabulary used is simple and quite informal, with short and simple sentences.
The girls are being observed by the Catholic Church and its investigators. Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to investigate the immaculate conceptions. She comes to take care about the young women and to find out who is the true virgin. Immediately she realizes that both are in great danger, terrifying forces of light and darkness are gathering. Anne must discover the truth to save the young women, to save herself, and to protect the future of the humanity.
OPINION: I would like to say this book wasn't at all what I expected. I think this book has a great plot and ideas but there is no depth into the characters and it is difficult to be absorbed by the storyline.
Moreover there are too many incongruities. For example, it is assumed that the two girls are virgins because their hymen is intact, but the medical procedures required to monitor a pregnancy would not leave a hymen intact, even if the hymen had been there to begin with.
Moreover reading this book Christians will feel appalled by the sexualizing of the story of the Immaculate Conception, there are plenty of graphically depicted sexual scenes.
LANGUAGE/STYLE: Patterson has a particular style of writing in which he limits the size of each chapter, which used to be tree or five pages longer. It actually works well and keeps the story following well. However, there is a noticeable lack of detail. The settings, characters, and actions taking place are never fully explored. The vocabulary used is simple and quite informal, with short and simple sentences.
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