The Camp of the Saints

The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail

The Camp of the Saints
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Author: Jean Raspail
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-12
ISBN: 1881780074
Number of pages: 316
Publisher: Social Contract Press

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Book Review: An impassioned lecture - not a story
Summary: 3 Stars

Read the back-cover summary and you've read the story. The whole rest of the book is rephrasing, clich?s and stereotypes, attempts to shock (some predictable and others just silly) that grow tiresome after a while, and repetition. Not a single character emerges in sufficient depth so that you care whether he survives and triumphs or, on the other hand, gets his just desserts. Those who die are low-quality comic book characters, stick figures with labels, as are those who live. That applies not only to the masses in the background, but also to the main characters that we know by name.

As if not wordy enough, the author repeatedly contradicts himself in the effort to add a bit more stuff to the philosophical meandering. This book went on and on, too long to be read in a single sitting and sufficiently unengaging that I experienced no reluctance to put it down and attend to other matters. There was no powerful urge to turn the page and see what happens next.

The author deserves credit for addressing (and successfully publishing) some very politically incorrect subjects, part documentary and part prophetic allegory. But as a "story"... If it addressed a less controversial subject, it would be consigned to literary oblivion. It offers controversy, what appears to be a better-than-average vocabulary, and a flair for detail that unfortunately remains unfocused. Disappointing.

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