Children of God

You must read The Sparrow first. Although Russell does a good job of briefing the reader on events of the first book, it's not the same. Children of God is written in the same wonderful style and explains the disturbing events of the first book and their aftermath. I don't usually re-read books, but after loaning these two to co-workers who never returned them, I bought them to keep for myself to re-read.

I wasn't sure I was going to read this book as the first one does stand on its own pretty well and I was afraid this one would taint my memory of the story. The ending was great, the beginning was good but the middle... was quite long. If you want the ending of Emilio's story, this might be worth a r......more

"Everything we thought we understood—that was what we were most wrong about." This novel is the stunning sequel to The Sparrow, a book that left me breathless and yearning for more after the last page. Children of God made no less of an impact on me. It is a must-read for anyone that has read and enj......more

I was expecting this to knock me off my feet the way The Sparrow did, but it was such a letdown of a sequel. I didn't connect with anyone the way I completely fell in love with all the characters in The Sparrow. Sean Fein, Danny Iron Horse, Joseba Urizarbarrena - they were all completely interchangea......more

I loved The Sparrow and when I finished it there wasn't anything else I wanted to know - a mark of a good novel. So it wasn't a novel that called out for a sequel. One of the big strengths of the first book was its fabulous characters. Almost the opposite was the case here. We get the same trip on a......more

In many ways, this novel rivals the scope of The Sparrow in both worldbuilding and theme. By the same token, both are portrayed in a much more dilute fashion. This is not a bad thing, but it is a different thing when comparing the two. I loved The Sparrow's tight focus on faith and the loss of it an......more