 This is an audio book that I checked out from my local library and I listened to it while I was driving on the big 50th Street tour Where do I start on this? I'm not sure what it was about the description of the book that made me decide to check it out from the library as big stack of CDs in One of those library clam shells I don't remember what I was thinking or what my response was to the description on the back of the box but something made me Interested enough to check it out and just to even start listening to it because I usually don't listen to audio books And I'm really picky about audio books, but I was taking this big car trip so First of all and and what I'm about to say next is the same thing that you'll hear from everybody on YouTube who reviews this book I Been thinking and thinking how to describe this book, and I don't know how I Looked at some other people who were doing reviews of this book and they all start the same way how Do I describe the library at Mount char? Okay, I've been thinking about it and I Think maybe I can do it. So so here's a 30 second description of the book There's this young woman named Carolyn who Okay, no for real here There's these 12 young adults One of whom is named Carolyn who have these bizarre God-like superpowers and They were raised and trained By a guy they call father Who has something to do with protecting all life in the universe and The conflict of the book comes from the fact that these 12 young people are in a state of disarray and a state of disbelief because Father has disappeared They don't know where he is or if something happened to him and they're in state of disbelief as I said because They never imagined that anything could happen to this guy They never imagined that anything could go wrong with him or take him by surprise Because basically they think he might be God, but that's how the book starts and that's Basically, that's what you can glean from the first hundred pages of the book or so The book doesn't tell you what's happening From the beginning it just dumps you right into the middle of what's going on and it leaves it up to you to glean Who is who and what is what as things are going along and to learn? definitions of words and and what people are talking about It's very confusing at first, but it's well written enough that it's entertaining enough for you to keep wanting to know what's happening and slowly you learn now The reason it's so difficult for me to describe this is because I've never read a book like this before I can honestly say that I've not read a book quite like this. I've been trying to think where have I seen Stories like this and the only thing I can think I've seen comic books that have Stuff kind of like this maybe or graphic novels the the only thing I can think to compare it to is maybe The wicked and the divine I'm only comparing it to the wicked and the divine on the very broadest level Because of the types of things that are happening. Here's the thing That he's created an entirely new mythology here. That's not based on anything that has come before Usually when you see something creative like this it reminds you of something or you can see Where he got his ideas and where he or she is combining their ideas from but not with this This is all entirely new. I've seen other people say that this is all entirely new and it is It's very violent That it's the kind of thing that comes with the territory when you're dealing with people who are so powerful But we're not talking like X-Men At all we're talking more like gods It's difficult to identify with any of these characters because again They are so aloof and so detached and so damaged and The book is not perfect. I'm not gonna say that I thoroughly enjoy the book although. I greatly enjoy the book I didn't thoroughly enjoy it There are parts of the book that were way too long much much too long much too detailed And the point at which that I thought Should have been the ending of the book the book kept going and there was more booked after that It was almost like a second book But that didn't ruin it for me Again, I just have to to end by repeating that Everybody should read this book especially my regulars who communicate with me all the time I want to communicate to you directly You should seek out this book and read it because you've not read anything like this before and I'd be very interested to hear what you all have to say Please remember to press that like button it helps my videos get seen and then subscribe so you can come back next time I do science fiction book TV and movie reviews all the time and please consider becoming a patron There's a link in the description below when you pledge at the $20 level I will send you a random science fiction book in the mail every month