Sam Reviews "The Sword of Goliath" by Anthony Jones

I acquired this book by winning a Giveaway an Goodreads and so I will try not to be harsh, however this was not the book for me.  I went into it knowing it was a touch out of my typical genre and reminded myself to have an open mind knowing this was going to be a "Religious Adventure".  My issues were primarily that the book went from explaining the supernatural powers of angels and fallen angels to then integrate witches and wizards, as well.  This was unexpected and honestly felt like a mixing of genres that wasn't necessarily welcome.
Additionally, the writing at times felt very slow, to the point where I was nodding off trying to get through sub-chapters.  The adventure in and of itself was well put together and well explained.  However, most other aspects of this book felt either exhaustive with description or forced to fit which resulted in a clunky narrative.  Despite the fact that this book sometimes felt extremely descriptive, the author would also quickly introduce characters with minimal backstory which resulted in a lot of confusion during scenes where multiple new characters were thrown together.
This book took me almost a month to read because I did not feel invested in the story, I could mostly anticipate the ending, and it felt more like a chore to read than an exciting adventure.

*Semi-spoiler alert* 

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When I finally did convince myself to sit down and finish the final 60 pages...the conflict we had been building up to ended quickly and simply and - quite frankly - underwhelmingly.  So the amount of time I spent on this book felt wasted.  I understand that the author intends to write many more books but I personally cannot see myself spending the time to explore them.

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