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Original Title:	Demon
ISBN:	1600061230 (ISBN13: 9781600061233)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Christy Award Nominee for First Novel (2008), Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for (Silver) (2008)

Demon

Tosca Lee

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 4.17 | 3156 Users | 351 Reviews

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1.0 stars. WELL IT HAD TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY...I AM ABOUT TO GO ON MY FIRST GOODREADS RANT

This book PISSED me off...Now,before I go any further, I want to make a few things clear, not because I am overly concerned with being politically correct but because I don’t want my comments to be misconstrued or taken to mean one thing when I am trying to say another. Therefore, fellow readers, I would like the following statements entered into the record:

1. I AM NOT ANTI-CHRISTIAN. Anyone who knows me would know how silly it is for me to even have to make this statement. I was born and raised Roman Catholic, went to Catholic school my entire life and even went to the University of San Diego (which is an independent Catholic university) for both undergraduate and law school. Now, admittedly, I have been less than an active member of the Church, but certainly to not have any animosity or ill-feelings about my religious upbringing.

2. I AM NOT ANTI-CHRISTIAN FICTION. I think the marketplace has certainly shown that there is a desire for this genre and have no problem with it...EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW IN FULL RANT MODE.

3. During the rest of my review, I request that anytime you begin to think that I am Anti-Christian or Anti-Christian fiction, you pause, take a deep breath and RE-READ STATEMENTS 1 AND 2 ABOVE.

Okay, now that I have gotten that out of the way so that the Vatican doesn’t declare this review the beginning of Ragnarok and try to speed my journey to the Elysian Fields or Viakuntha or, even (gulp) Avici (I like to mix and match my religious metaphors and thought you might have fun looking up the terms...and yes I had to google some of the above).

LET THE RANTING COMMENCE

RANT #1 in which Steve explains how the publisher swindled, snookered, conned, heisted $9.72 from me by not CLEARLY labeling this as Christian fiction.

Now, I know I could have spent some time researching the book and looking at all of the reviews, and I probably would have “gotten the idea” so caveat emptor certainly applies and I will accept the monetary smack on the back of the head. HOWEVER, that does not prevent me from speaking my peace about the practice of not clearly labeling books as Christian fiction.

Now, I have nothing against Christian fiction (I went ahead and said this again for those of you too lazy to stop and re-read Statement #2 above) and certainly have read a lot of books that have christian messages and themes in them that I liked (the Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis is a great example as I thought Perelandra was simply superb). That said, I DO NOT like Christian fiction whose sole reason for being is to be Christian fiction. Not putting it down, it just isn't my thing. When I start getting the “READER HEAR MY WORDS AS THIS IS THE PATH AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW SHALL PUT YOU AT IMMORTAL PERIL” vibe, I start to get cranky. When this goes on for almost 300 pages, my crankiness can blow through anger and end up in full-fledged, pot-boiling, white-knuckle “threatening to break the iPad” rage. Well this book did it...it sent me to 11 (thought a little Spinal Tap quote might ease the tension).

I will end this section with a example. Someone looking for a paranormal romance who sees and buys a book called “The Demon Inside Me” because it has a hot guy about to mount a hot girl (or vice versa) on the cover and then goes home and finds out the book is a Cyberpunk SF novel about “a self-aware AI who is engaged in battle with a new computer virus codenamed “demon” that has been uploaded into its matrix. Actually, that doesn’t sound like a bad book, but you get the picture.

RANT #2 in which Steve finally discusses the book itself and mentions the substantive parts of the book that really bothered him.

First, recap. See Statement #1 above. Okay, now despite spending my educational history in Catholic school, my own education and love of history and philosophy have created in me a natural need to question all assumptions and always keep an open mind. Thus, there are many things I will never be on the same page with the Catholic Church that I grew up with. My most glaring disagreement, and the one I get most heated about, is my absolute unwillingness to accept that only by believing certain things or following certain guidelines can someone be saved. Sorry, can't buy it.

Well, let’s talk a little about this book and some of the nifty little things it has to say. The book is basically another version of Interview With the Vampire except with Demon as the interviewee. Through a series of interviews, the Demon (named Lucian) recounts the creation of the universe, the Fall of Lucifer, the creation of Man, the story of Job, the Flood and the life and death of Jesus.

Well, despite the thick, heavy preaching that goes on through the telling of the story, the most significant point that I came away with is that according to the story, God is unforgiving, spiteful and more than a little sadistic. Basically, according to the author, God creates the angels with Lucifer the best among them. Led my Lucifer (in a somewhat interesting version of the Fall), about a third of them make ONE MISTAKE (just one mind you) and they are banished from God’s sight forever with no hope of redemption or forgiveness. Sounds a bit harsh to me, but it gets worse. God then creates man and “blesses” him. God then proceeds to allow man to do whatever he wants and no matter what will always forgive him. Remember, the fallen angels made one mistake and they are toast forever. WTF.

All I could think of while reading this was the example of the man who divorces his first wife and kids and gets married again and has children with his new wife and then pretends his first kids don’t exist and won’t give them the time of day. We call this person a SCUMBAG and that is exactly how the author portrays God’s treatment of the fallen angels. BUT it gets worse. Not only does he not give the time of day to his first kids (the fallen angels) but he actually goes out of his way to let them see how much he loves and adores his new kids. I don’t care that I am one of those new kids, that is just sadistic and yet this is the image if God the author portrays in the book.

Anyway, God continues to ignore and shun his first kids while putting his new kids through college, buying them all new cars and sending them to Europe for graduation. And guess what happens? Lo and behold, the first kids get very hurt and then they get jealous and angry at the new kids (wow, what a shocker) and decide to spend there time in an organized campaign to hurt the new kids and damage their relationship with Dad.

So, to sum it up, demons tempt us into sin because God was a pretty crappy dad to them and abandoned them after one mistake and then created us who he spoils rotten and rubs our good fortune in the demons faces. Not sure this is the exact message that the author was shooting for but it is certainly what he wrote. In the end, the only thing the author managed to accomplish is to make me feel “sympathy for the devil” (couldn’t think of a better way to end this rant than with a Rolling Stones reference).

THANKS FOR LISTENING AND LETTING ME GET THIS OFF MY CHEST.

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Title	:	Demon
Author	:	Tosca Lee
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	May 18th 2007 by NavPress (first published 2007)
Categories	:	Christian Fiction. Fiction. Christian. Fantasy. Horror. Thriller

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This book is creepy, intriguing, and haunting from beginning to end. I am not a fan of horror per say, but this book was absolutely fantastic in a horrific kind of way. I have read Tosca Lee's other book, Havah, and I was just as impressed by Lee's style of writing in this book. Her descriptions are vivid and incredible. I can easily discern that the work she puts into the background information is both from intense study as well as a wonderful imagination.I have read lots of fantasy, including

Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 0boobs: 0bombs: 0bondage: 0blasphemy: 1Bechdel Test: FAILDeggan's Rule: FAILGay Bechdel Test: FAILI'm not a christian. I'm not a big fan of organized religions at all, and I harbor more than a little scorn for all the variations of abrahamaic religions. Obviously I started this book with the expectation that I wouldn't like it, but I wanted to try something different just for the visceral reaction. I'm so jaded on horror and gore these days, I figured a treatise on the

This is one of the most well written, deep books I have ever read.I started reading this on the plane back from Realm Makers. I started crying right there on the plane. This book has SO MANY FEELS. (The poor man next to me on the plane...)The character development is amazing. Right off the bat, I am in Clay's head. Throughout the story we witness and feel his downward spiral into (spoiler inserted here). Lucian is developed as well. I haven't thought about spiritual warfare very much, but I

Disturbing, unsettling--loved this book of Spiritual Warfare coming to a very vulnerable lost soul in Boston. It was not only a great work of Christian Fiction, but a great work of fiction. First, let's give the little lady a big round of applause for keeping it devoid of the ridiculously wooden, bloodless characters and the cheesy perfect Christian Romance that have become de rigueur in the lame Christian Fiction aisles. (Yah! Yah!) Second, it contained much psychological drama with such

If you're like me, you've probably read the creation account of the Bible quite a few times as well as the story of the life and testimony of Jesus Christ. When I had the opportunity to read, Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee I was completely blown away by the author's ability to enhance what I've read time and time again with new clarity. Mind you she doesn't take away anything from the Bible, but merely increases the reader's knowledge about why there is such a hatred from demons towards human

Much like her contemporary Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee's book is edgy and a challenge to our faith. It brings life to the oft-quoted James 2:19: "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." (NIV) Fans of Dekker or similar authors, such as Frank Peretti or Bill Myers, should check this one out; it's a rough one, but it's worth it!

For me, its hard to find compelling Christian fiction that can hold my interest. I became a fan of Tosca Lee when I met her about a year ago at a writers meeting and purchased a copy of Havah: The Story of Eve. Havah opened my eyes to how beautifully Christian fiction could be written without coming off preachy. In the same lines of Ted Dekker, Tosca knows how to write compelling fiction that everyone will enjoy reading, filled with themes of redemption and of good overcoming evil.After