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Title: Doubting Jesus
Review: Mailer was on to something when he decided to write the story of Jesus from Jesus' perspective. But more often than not, I think he missed the boat. The characters have no depth, the book is a light weight read. He could have doubled the length of the book, slowed down and given more consideration to his characters and the book would have been better for it. What did I like? I liked that Jesus doubted the value of his followers, I liked that he wasn't "attached" to his mother, I liked that he saw that comfort in religion begets apathy and greed, I liked that he saw his followers taking liberties by exaggerating his life and miracles, and I liked that Jesus doubted his own commitment to his Father.
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