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

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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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)

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One of my favorite books of all time because it speaks to the human condition. The plot twist at the end is brilliant and stuck with me years after I read this book. I still talk about it. My take away from reading Demon: A Memoir is that though my life is busy, I want the "busy" to be part of the plan God has for my life and not the crazy circles of the rat race around me. I enjoyed the main character, Clay, and how he constantly is faced with a variety of personas the fallen angel takes on to

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

Oh man, where do I start? Firstly lemme say that this was the farthest thing from my normal genre. I read this almost a year ago but really wanted to rate it. With that being said, I still remember the impact this book had on me. Reading it on a friend's recommendation, I had low expectations about it because it didn't involve fae, Magic, romance, or mystical adventures. What I ended up getting was better: a fiction tale that made me remember the solidity of the truth I was raised on. Even if

3.8⭐ Ending wasn't what I expected. But there are some good lessons in this book. This book led me on and I was expecting something....better. Then the ending was kinda disappointing.

I liked the author's style, but I found the plot itself uncompelling. It felt to me like it was supposed to be moving, but I was unmoved, or that insightful comments were being made but I was left uninspired. For one thing, I never like books (or plays) about people writing a book or putting on a play. It just becomes too self-conscious. *POSSIBLE SPOILER* Near the end, Clay realizes about his wife that "I had surely let her down as much as she had betrayed and abandoned me. I was a good man,

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

Author Tosca Lee's novel Demon: A Memoir tells the story of Clay, a recently-divorced editor who has become disillusioned with his job and life in general. One evening when he arrives at a cafe for dinner, a stranger greets him by name and welcomes him to join him at his table. In fact, this stranger seems to know more about Clay than Clay himself does:"I know you're searching, Clay. I know you're wondering what these late, dark nights are for. You have that seasonal disease, that modern