If the writing gets better later then the author needs to go back and rework the beginning so people like me will stay interested. I might even enjoy the plot and ideas and whatnot if I keep reading but I don't think I can get past the bad writing. I know plenty of people like the book and that's their prerogative. Maybe it gets better after the first couple dozen pages but I'll never find out because the writing is atrocious. But the down side is that you get a lot of crap, books that aren't published by an established company not because of any conspiracy to keep the little man down or even because of bureaucratic inertia, but because they're crap. Second, I love what Amazon and the kindle are doing to/with the publishing world, empowering individual authors and giving people the opportunity to express themselves to a wider audience than they ever could if they had to go through an established publisher. First, I love the premise it's right up my alley what with my crisis of faith and my conversion to Roman Catholicism and my love of questioning-no, make that challenging-established authority. I really wanted to like this book for a couple of reasons. Here he begins his journey to retrieve what he has forgotten-those crazy religious beliefs in his notebook entries, which look less and less crazy to him, the details of his attempted suicide, and the real Father Pete. Is he crazy or is it actually his destiny to change the church? The only flock he has now are his fellow patients. They thank him, claiming he's better therapy than any of the doctors. His entries are so outlandish he knows he's insane, but the other patients begin joining him in prayers. He finds a notebook he doesn't remember filling, with entries referring to himself as Saint Peter. Three days later Father Pete wakes in a hospital suffering from amnesia after attempting suicide. No one listens to his sermons, and he's too old and far too embarrassed to start over. He invites his congregation to walk out of mass in protest with him. What happens when a priest no longer believes what he preaches? Father Pete acts like he's having a nervous breakdown.

Saint Peter Killed God by K.J. Kron