![]() ![]() But at worst, it just seems like a good way to hide. At best, Spencer’s decision to remain anonymous tells me he doesn’t want attention from people who might think he’s trying to be a prophet, and that’s commendable. The book is an “as told to,” so John Pontius is just a ghost writer for “Spencer,” the man who actually saw the visions. He may have felt comfortable sharing those things, but I didn’t feel comfortable hearing them.įinally, it was a bit frustrating to not know who “he” even is. I found myself begging him to stop, to keep it to himself, because if he really saw those visions, they were surely meant just for him. The visions he relates are incredibly personal-he gives an account of a time he saw the Savior, and I felt like I was eavesdropping on a very intimate conversation. And the subject matter made me very uncomfortable too many times. It also bothered me that many accounts in the book contradicted themselves, so there was no way all of it could be true. I felt like I was reading a first draft, which frustrated me. There were even simple mistakes, like the wrong “there.” He constantly repeated himself. It desperately needed a clean edit-the punctuation errors constantly tripped me up, making me read sentences multiple times to understand. The writing style was very distracting to me. However, there were enough things I didn’t like that I can’t give this book too high of a rating. I liked that it helped me be more open-minded. He talks about ideas and places and technologies that I’ve never considered, but a lot of it made sense to me in a “that could definitely be true” kind of way. I also liked his interpretation of some doctrines of the Church. It made me want to get into the scriptures more and read what prophets have said about the “perilous times” the author describes. There’s no way to know if these visions are true, but when it’s read for the apocryphal account it is, it poses some interesting insight into what the last days could be like. The story is intriguing-a man is sharing his visions of the last days, and it’s incredibly detailed. But after reading the whole thing, I can only say this book is OK.įirst, the good things. I went into this book determined to be open-minded, and I honestly feel I gave it a chance. ![]()
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