A Spiral into Marvelous Light

De: Michael Gryboski

Narrado por: Christopher Power

For decades, the Reverend Sammy Milton was a force in American politics.

An outspoken leader of the Religious Right, Milton divided his time between evangelizing the lost and galvanizing conservative voters. His rhetoric was polarizing, his positions were divisive, and he garnered many enemies over the years. When news outlets carried word of his death, many openly expressed joy at his passing.

Scott Addison was a product of his time.

A liberal journalist working in the Nation's Capital, he cared little for religion one way or the other. He held, like so many of his peers, a thoroughly negative opinion of the infamous figure. On the day Milton died, Addison was assigned to write an in-depth story meant to bury the fundamentalist preacher in vitriol. He expected the piece to be an easy one.

However, as he talked with those who knew Milton, both friend and foe alike, Addison's image of the late preacher became more complicated.

Far from a simple assignment, the story would take him to places he never thought possible.

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A positive message for the modern times

Book 38 of 2024

Title
A Spiral into Marvelous Light

Author
Michael Gryboski

1) What star rating (out of 5) would you give this book?
5, given how it was written, and how the delivery was through the book.

2) What did you like about the book?
It was well written with a positive message from unlikely sources, which shows a character that doesn't seem to exist anymore.

3) What did you dislike about the book?
Nothing.

4) Would you read it again?
I am not sure it would qualify as the classics to say yes. However, it is one I would recommend to others.

5) Who is the intended audience of the book?
I would say everyone. While the focus is more on modern social and political issues, it was a good read and outlook on how society should be.

6) What could have been improved?
Nothing comes to mind.

7) What did you learn from reading this?
N/A

8) What did you think of the book’s length?
It was fitting for the story told.

9) What's another book this one reminds you of?
None, but something I feel I should work on as I really enjoyed the book.

10) What other books by this author have you read?
None.

(The narrator sounded less than enthused)

Thoroughly enjoyed

I met Michael Gryboski through Twitter. I asked everyone for a book recommendation I could listen to through Amazon Audiobooks and he suggested his. I’m glad he did. Very well written and an excellent moral to the story. I feel like we, as a nation, are to polarized and too vocal about the polarization. It’s okay to disagree but if we tried to see where the other side is coming from there would be less tension. Most people are good. This book helped open your eyes to that fact.

Well written, inspired structure

It was a nice and easy read, and i enjoyed it throughout. Can recommend to anyone.