Charlie is certain that if he could just regain his memory, the chaos around him would make sense. But the truth of the matter is even more incredible than he could imagine.
Charlie West was an ordinary high school kid who went to bed one night and woke up in the clutches of terrorists and wanted by the police for murder. He also woke up with no memory of the events of the past year.
Now [eighteen-year-old] Charlie has found the one person who knows what happened . . . and who can help him remember. But remembering is painful--as well as dangerous--and figuring out what to do with this new knowledge may be Charlie's toughest challenge yet.
I was a little disappointed when I received this book from the publisher and found out that it is the third book in the series. I never read books out of order (well, now I can say I do). I was worried I would be thrown off and would not be able to genuinely like the book because I hadn't read the first two. Thankfully, though, people are willing to post revealing comments on websites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I was able to get a general idea of what was happening before I started reading The Truth of the Matter.
The Truth of the Matter is geared towards teenagers. It's printed by a Christian publisher, Thomas Nelson, so it is clean all around. It's action sequences have been compared to the television series 24. I don't know if I would go that far in the description, but the action/adventure is pretty nice. The book has a very catchy and intriguing plot involving terrorists, and it leaves you wondering, "Could a teenager really do this?" But that is the beauty of the fiction world. Maybe a teenager could stop a terrorist's mad plot.
The only thing that really bothered me, aside from the author's casual writing (which is the norm in today's fiction), is the lack of God. I find this the case in many Christian fiction books; the publisher is Christian, so the book has to have some Christianity in it. I feel that in this book God is mentioned sparsely, and in Charlie's life and death situations, I just wonder why he doesn't lean more on Christ. Honestly, there might as well have not been mention of God. At least in that way it wouldn't have so disrespected Him.
Otherwise, this is a great choice for teenagers who want a good story without all of the junk that secular media most often throws in. The last book in the series, The Final Hour, comes out in August 2011. I hope I can be patient until then!
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| I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson via BookSneeze. I was not paid to review this book. |
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