Child of God

CHILD OF GOD

By Lolita s

A Book Review

About the Author

Lolita s is a well-celebrated novelist who was already able to publish at least three major books that were interesting enough for many readers and enthusiasts of drama and values . Undoubtedly , her approach in using classical stories as basis of most of her writings has lead to the attraction of most of her reader to the main idea that she aims to portray through the characters that she uses which are mostly patterned in classical novel settings p

About the Book

As part of the collection of books that she has already published , she then gives way to the creation of another personal masterpiece that has taken her level of novel -writing to a more intense presentation of drama using the different element of situations and emotions within a single series of plots and characters

s ' written work entitled Child of God is indeed a primary presentation of lust and incest within a family of almost an ordinary status within Downtown Tennessee which subjects the idea of witchcraft into a strong element of influence among the said members of the family Through the use of intense emotional presentations , s was able to give justice to the characterization of each individual personification that is present within the story line that she created

Content and Summary

Downtown Tennessee has become the home base of the Botens . Even though the family appeared to be in a normal state at the beginning of the story , it could be noted that they were separated from the community that they were living n . The different issues about them and their life-dealings have naturally increased the doubts of their neighbors about the situations going on within the family members of the Botens

For four decades of secrecy , the inner hidden events in the family had been a source of queries around the neighborhood of Downtown Tennessee After the incident of the birth of Ophelia 's son , Hamlet , the burst out of the major secrets of the family became a major talk around Downtown Tennessee

The incest between Ophelia 's parents began everything . The union between her mother Grace and her father who was also her homosexual uncle has placed Ophelia in a shameful situation . Little did she know that it would be of her same fate to end up having a son with her violent brother Lay or Laertes . Later on , Ophelia 's brother , who has also been caught to have an affair with Sukie , Walter 's voodoo witch wife , has been sent out to Detroit where he later on becomes a heroin dealer , which lead to his destruction as an individual

As the destructions of the members of the Boten family came into light the death of Hamlet began to worsen the situation being caught in a fire which was not assured as to who was actually responsible for it caused further commotion of the family . The correlation of the emotional display of dismay and...