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Reviewed by Lynette Fowlston for Readers' Favorite
"What in God’s Name" by Simon Rich is a humorous book dealing with God and angels trying to save the world. When God gets upset he is about to destroy the earth and all that is in it unless two angels can find some good here to keep that from happening. Eliza and Craig have just one month to try and accomplish this feat, to pull off one miracle that will save the world. Of course the other angels in heaven would not be pleased. Once God retires and destroys the earth they can just sit back also and not have to worry about what is going on in the world. What is this magic miracle? Bring Sam and Laura, two lovesick individuals together, and see if God will not destroy the world.
The book is an average read, not overly long but not what one would call short either. It can be read in a day by most readers. In a way it reminded me of a humorous version of Abraham bargaining with God to save Sodom and Gomorrah. I had a hard time really getting into the book not because the book was bad, but because of the portrayal of God. If one reads the books as they say with a grain of salt and not compare it to God then one can see the humorous side to it. I did find that one could almost guess what was going to happen at the end. I did like all the characters in the book, and especially the one by the name of Raoul. He was like many we see today standing by the side of the road with a sign saying the end is near, but of course we don’t pay any attention to them. Well maybe one should. All in all I would say this is a fair book.
