An interesting idea - the Garden of Eden from Eve's point of view (and the serpent's not such a bad guy after all), but so badly written I could weep. ( )

This is not your Sunday school version of Adam and Eve and the Creation. When I read this, I felt creeped out to reading such a "blasphemous" retelling of the story of Eden. Aidinoff's depiction of God as a childish, selfish, bratty being was jarring. But the story is fleshed out, risky, and I loved how the book played out -- petulant God and all. In the afterword, Aidinoff says the reason she wrote the story was because she felt there were so many holes in the Genesis Creation story that she wanted a way to explain them. And in spite of her saying she didn't set out to write a story with feminist and religious leanings, for her to have written Eve as a strong and smart woman (oftentimes much smarter than Adam), and to write about God and the Serpent and the first two humans . . . it kind of happened anyway. ( )

In response to the review written by member "futcherfinder":
I believe the author was simply expressing a different viewpoint on the personality of God. Although I see where you're coming from, to call the book "disgusting "simply because it offers a different opinion seems a little unfair.

Now, for my review.
The writing overall was pretty good, especially when it came to descriptions, although a lot of the characters were a little annoying.
I actually liked the Serpent, because the author provided a viewpoint that contrasted very strongly from the one I'd been brought up with, and I'm glad that my bubble was popped a little bit.
Something about this book annoyed me, though - but I'm not sure what, exactly. But it's probably something along the lines of this: I think God could've been portrayed a little more majestically, as opposed to a whiny, self-centered brat. After all, you'd think that a being that old would be a little more wise.

But overall, I guess the book was a good read. ( )

Don't let the subject matter fool you, this is a book no Christian youth should ever read. On nearly every one of its 400 pages there are lies about the character of God, our purpose in this world, and the Genesis of this earth.

God is portrayed as being an angry, controlling being who doesn't understand his own creations, doesn't want them to have free will, and doesn't care about creations outside the garden. A major part of the plot of this story is that he forces Adam to rape Eve.

The serpent is made the hero of this book, with the author spending an inordinate amount of time describing its glory. Much of the dialogue between the serpent and Eve focuses on how awful God is. When Eve and Adam choose to eat the apple and are banished from the Garden, the serpent tells Eve, "It is not suffering or injustice or evil that you have brought to the world--though they have come. It is freedom."

Truly the author believes Satan's first lie, just as he would like all of us to. Young people who read this without first Getting to know the true God may become easily confused.

The only reason I gave this two stars was because it was well-written. The content, however, is disgusting at best. ( )