Do you hear that voice whispering to you? Ever since you were a child. Perhaps you, too, have been Touched. The Touch: A Supernatural Story (Part I) by Robert Flynn III certainly delves into the supernatural and skirts around modern day issues and religion.
The book focuses on two main parts of the world: the US and the Middle East. We travel with characters from Texas to Washington DC and from Afghanistan to Iran. The author begins his story focused on a little boy named Gabriel. Gabriel is a strange child, he was placed in an orphanage as an infant and others tend to avoid him because they feel he is different. Indeed, Gabriel is different. For his whole short life, he has heard a Voice. This Voice is fatherly and kind and uses Gabriel as a vessel to spread kindness and security in the hearts of the good and fear in the hearts of the evil. Little does he know Gabriel is not alone. Throughout the world, hundreds of children have heard this Voice and channeled Its power. Flynn takes readers from the comforts of their own home to the war ravaged areas of the Middle East and shows us the cruelty in the hearts of men. We fly through outer space and burn in the Sun with Gabriel, we climb Mount …show more content…
Points of view traverse easily between these several characters. Many of the characters find themselves asking the Voice who it really is, but the Voice (and the author) keep readers guessing until the last few chapters. The reveal was shocking, to say the least. The novel itself isn't entirely suspenseful, but it does keep readers flipping the pages to see what will happen to our young heroes. The dialogue in this book seems more suited for a YA novel, but the concepts are, simply put, mind-blowing. This book reminded me of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and is written in a way that embodies the author Paulo Coelho. The novel is incredibly
The book focuses on two main parts of the world: the US and the Middle East. We travel with characters from Texas to Washington DC and from Afghanistan to Iran. The author begins his story focused on a little boy named Gabriel. Gabriel is a strange child, he was placed in an orphanage as an infant and others tend to avoid him because they feel he is different. Indeed, Gabriel is different. For his whole short life, he has heard a Voice. This Voice is fatherly and kind and uses Gabriel as a vessel to spread kindness and security in the hearts of the good and fear in the hearts of the evil. Little does he know Gabriel is not alone. Throughout the world, hundreds of children have heard this Voice and channeled Its power. Flynn takes readers from the comforts of their own home to the war ravaged areas of the Middle East and shows us the cruelty in the hearts of men. We fly through outer space and burn in the Sun with Gabriel, we climb Mount …show more content…
Points of view traverse easily between these several characters. Many of the characters find themselves asking the Voice who it really is, but the Voice (and the author) keep readers guessing until the last few chapters. The reveal was shocking, to say the least. The novel itself isn't entirely suspenseful, but it does keep readers flipping the pages to see what will happen to our young heroes. The dialogue in this book seems more suited for a YA novel, but the concepts are, simply put, mind-blowing. This book reminded me of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and is written in a way that embodies the author Paulo Coelho. The novel is incredibly