Negative Positive
Title: Dull
Review: I just finished this book. The reading was easy enough and I kept with it because I was hoping it would get better. The one word I have for the book, however, is *dull*.When I first read the cover for this book, I thought, "Well, this should give a new slant to the gospel, a shift in perspective to the story of Jesus." I was sorely disappointed.Mailer seems to have simply pulled out much of the sayings from the traditional gospels and changed up some of their chronology and shifted the narration into first person. Otherwise, not much is different. His Jesus seems as distant from his own story as any of the New Testament writers who recounted what had been passed down to them.There seems very little passion in this protagonist. Ironic isn't it? Mailer's Messiah does not have the charisma to gather the following of crowds, much less interested readers.
Is the review positive or negative? 