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The Moroni Deception

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Such a plot is superficially similar to Dan Brown's casting of the Vatican as a source of conspiracy and villainy to foil his heroes' quests e. There is a critical difference at the core of the choice made by Brody however that dooms his depiction of the Mormon powers to unseemliness at best, which charitably could be attributed to mere foolishness on Brody's part mingled with a certain amount of ignorance.

Viewed less generously, at its bare worst, the plot gives the appearance of shamefully baiting sentiments of fearful ignorance and downright religious bigotry among certain members of his audience in order to better captivate reader attention. The difference is this: Most Americans do not know any Mormons and people from this community are not depicted in popular stories and their specific beliefs are not included to any extent as part of the larger social, political and moral American discourse in general which tends to be broadly Judeo-Christian.

Misconceptions and prejudices against Mormons are widespread today. Brody has made the egregious error of using a relatively voiceless unknown creed as the boogeyman for his story's cynical display of religious power. It's too bad; my three star rating is based on a very charitable view of the author's intentions; the best person I have ever known was a faithful Mormon. I've read the Book of Mormon several times and while I do not subscribe to that faith, one-dimensional and negative depictions of this community strike me as quite gross.

I should have set forth the fact of many Mormons' offense at the content of this novel; I think people being offended is probative of underlying offensive content. Of course, my own reading did not raise any questions as to the reasonable and ample basis for these negative reactions by Mormon readers. I hope this author salvages his talent by depicting minority groups positively in any future work. Thanks for reading my ideas about this book; I hope they're helpful for some of you. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

References to this work on external resources. New York Times journalist Michael Chenault is minding his own business when NYPD detectives show up at his door in the middle of the night to accuse him of murder. When Michael receives a photo of Presidential candidate Brockston Ratchford's murdered wife, it appears that she was murdered in the same way as the first victim, with the same mysterious character written on her forehead in blood.

It appears that the first victim, Martin Koplanski, was killed for an ancient Mormon relic, so Chenault New York Times journalist Michael Chenault is minding his own business when NYPD detectives show up at his door in the middle of the night to accuse him of murder. It appears that the first victim, Martin Koplanski, was killed for an ancient Mormon relic, so Chenault heads to Salt Lake City to investigate. What Chenault uncovers there could change the course of political and religious history; that is, if he survives. While the ending was somewhat predictable, the plot kept my interest until the last page.

The character of Michael is likeable enough, even though a couple of times I thought he was a little slow to figure out a major plot point.

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Now to the most obvious character in the book. I couldn't help but see his face every time the character was mentioned. However, if the reader sees this as a fictional novel, or is not a member of the LDS faith and is comfortable with novels that cause them to question long-established beliefs, this is a great read. I received this book free from the publisher through the Buy the Book book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. The mystery is an awesome one! Ancient relics, thought my millions to be fake, but through the research of an ex-communicated history professor, may turn out to be real?

An investigative journalist whose curiosity drives the story at a good pace.

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Whose intrigue may be the death of him if he's not careful where he snoops. Short chapters that make it easy to pick up and put down the book whenever possible. Tense scenes that can make the reader hold their breath. Murder, deceit, intrigue, The good: Murder, deceit, intrigue, and what a good mystery story can't be without, a really good mystery! Found myself wanting more of the story from many character's perspectives.

It's not a complete story. It's only apart of one. I don't mean that I think there should be another book giving us more, I think there should be more from the characters that I only saw a few times. The protagonist is terrifically fleshed out, but he's the only one that is.

Overall, it has the potential to be a really awesome mystery novel, but it's just not there yet. Jul 10, Cassandra. The mystery concerns modern-day murders and their connection with the discovery of "The Golden Plates". The mystery was a bit underdeveloped, but it was a debut novel.

Apr 11, Catherine Mcclarin rated it really liked it. Thrillers - my favorite genre. And there is nothing worse than figuring out what is going to happen before the author reveals it. Brody kept me happily guessing. Given that we recently had a Mormon presidential candidate, the arrival of this novel could not have been better planned. Brody on a great read! Apr 29, Karl Nehring rated it did not like it Shelves: Sorry, but after reading the first dozen chapters, I literally threw this book in the trash. Apr 12, Sharon rated it did not like it. This is a hats book and full of lies of the LDS church.

Some of the statements and claims to not even apply to the FLDS. It talks about rules from the Lamb of a God. It makes Utah and all LDS look like criminals and low life's. Sep 06, Jude rated it it was amazing Shelves: It has a twisty turny plot and interesting thoughts about LDS Church.

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Well edited thriller with predictable, unrealistic ending I was curious about this book because it was mentioned as the basis, some said ripoff, for several recent books of a very similar plotline. It seems possible, although I think I've seen similar plotlines on TV and movies. The foreshadowing was excellent as the author skillfully left his bread crumbs of clues as to "who dunnit". They couldn't have pulled off the scale of Well edited thriller with predictable, unrealistic ending I was curious about this book because it was mentioned as the basis, some said ripoff, for several recent books of a very similar plotline.

They couldn't have pulled off the scale of what they did without a lot of outside help and money. Also the sciopathic "True Believer" TB killer would have not been able to pull off the necessary empathy and deep level of caring to fool the obviously self aware MC. TB's have no reasoning abilities when it comes to their loyalties. That is also true of their feelings. The TB killer would never have any regrets or second thoughts about carrying out their duty. His exposition at the begining half was good and lots of the explaining after that was just too verbose.

I was excited to read this thriller by Jack L. Brody, a totally new author to me, after I received a free copy in return for posting an honest review through the unflagging bounty of the Goodreads Giveaway program. Through the giveaways, I had been exposed to new reading experiences I would not have otherwise discovered that I found decidedly stimulating and worthwhile. Moreover, I delighted in the opportunities to share with fellow readers a positive experience with a great writer's work who wa I was excited to read this thriller by Jack L.

Moreover, I delighted in the opportunities to share with fellow readers a positive experience with a great writer's work who was not only new to me but new to publishing generally -- to have the joy of first tipping off others about a new and great reading experience to be had. I expected The Moroni Deception to be a fast-paced, suspenseful read with minimal thematic exposition and psychological insight into characters. That is, I expected Brody's creative resources to be laser-focused on compelling the reader's interest with a pageturning plot.

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If successful, the novel would deliver story, story, story nonstop -- and I can go in for that sort of light read sometimes. My expectations concerning the type of reading experience this novel would offer were not disappointed at all. Indeed, Brody demonstrates a bona fide talent for storytelling that is so essential to his craft and so hard to cultivate where no foundation of this type of creativity exists beforehand. Brody definitely has the chops to deliver exciting reads that surprise and entertain veteran readers of this genre. The author's successful craft is critically marred by an imprudent thematic emphasis.

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The plot centers around corruption and various nefarious elements within and around the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Such a plot is superficially similar to Dan Brown's casting of the Vatican as a source of conspiracy and villainy to foil his heroes' quests e. There is a critical difference at the core of the choice made by Brody however that dooms his depiction of the Mormon powers to unseemliness at best, which charitably could be attributed to mere foolishness on Brody's part mingled with a certain amount of ignorance.

Of course, my own reading did not raise any questions as to the reasonable and ample basis for these negative reactions by Mormon readers. I hope this author salvages his talent by depicting minority groups positively in any future work. Thanks for reading my ideas about this book; I hope they're helpful for some of you. Apr 01, Jordan rated it did not like it. This is an awful book. Not only is it unfairly biased against one faith group, it is poorly written and missing many connections between scenes and points.

Brody also refuses to use the "showing" technique, instead telling us everything about a person within the first few pages they are introduced. I want to find out through their actions or dialogue that someone is lazy and self centered or sociopathic, not just told. Also, I am not Mormon, will never be, nor do I have any connection to the fai This is an awful book. Also, I am not Mormon, will never be, nor do I have any connection to the faith.

There will be some that don't. That being said, I found this book interesting.

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Read the timeline at the end if you are not familiar with the subject of the story. Of course there is always the internet for searching facts for yourself. This is the first book thatt I have read by this author. It is fast moving and has a good surprise ending. I was disappointed that it didn't reveal the "treasure". Personally don't know much about the Mormon faith but you definitely don't need to in order to enjoy this book. Only real gripe I had was that I was basically able to predict the end about halfway through the book.

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