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Jesus Christ Jr.

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Approach Jesus Christ Jr. with an open mind. You'll discover that Andrew Thrasher has written a phenomenal book. He managed to cover a lot of territory in a fresh, psychologically accurate, unforgettable, and sometimes-humorous way.

The characters are as unique and individual as those you meet on a daily basis. But seeing them through the main character's eyes, you see his rational in categorizing them and follow his progression of thought to accepting and even admiring them.

Don't make the mistake of calling this a religious book. It's larger than that. It seeks to reveal the basic needs of human kind and how we try to fulfill those needs. No matter your background, race, or creed, you'll see that we're not so different. This is what the story conveys.

I really liked Jesus Christ Jr. I found it to be humorous, insightful, and thought provoking. I also liked the staccato style of the writing; the plot, dialogue, and flow of the story all were seamless.

I think this book ought to be a big seller among graduate students involved in social work, counseling, and psychology graduate programs. It could become a cult classic. The wonderful ambiguity experienced by the main character and his attempt to hold onto his world through diagnosis seems so "graduate school." I think students would really enjoy this book. Professionals might be offended because they are too close to protecting the traditional way of seeing things.

I also liked the various ways you worked in the use of story telling within a book that itself is a story or parable. The book may also be useful for people struggling with spiritual direction, although they may at first be frightened by the use of humor as a way of gaining self-understanding.

Dr. One is an established psychiatrist who decides to start a new religion. In launching his movement he convinces our protagonist to serve an internship under him and to become a second Jesus Christ. They gather twelve disciples and use the example of the original Jesus to establish the movement-including the intended sacrifice of our gullible intern. Psychologically dramatic, and at times whimsical and humorous, Jesus Christ Jr. is an original novel revealing a story of spiritual struggle and psychological obsession that will engage the reader from first to last.

Once I read an interview of the children's book author the late Dr. Seuss. He told about some of the fan mail children sent him-one letter simply contained the single word WHOO written in block letters in the center of the paper.

I just finished reading the novel, Jesus Christ Jr., by Andrew Justin Thrasher. I don't have any crayons but I have been thinking of using a felt tip pen and following the example of that young child who sent a fan letter to Dr. Seuss and writing the word WHOO in the middle of a piece of stationery and sending it to Thrasher. That word is an appropriate response to his book and any traditional words are almost superfluous.

But because this is a book review, I will go on to write other words and suggest people get and read this hysterically funny novel.

An established psychiatrist seeks to start a new religion and chooses a young man to serve an internship under him and to be the second Jesus Christ. With a few others they start out on a missionary campaign to spread this new religion.

The narrator is the young intern. He becomes convinced he is the second Jesus Christ and he details the action they take to gather twelve disciples and imitate the steps the original Jesus Christ took. At the end he is rescued from the death that had been planned for him and...but then that is telling you too much of the story and you should get and read this book for yourself.

I got the book yesterday and finished it today!

Jesus Christ Jr. is an easy read-amusing, interesting and I even laughed out loud several times.

I likened it somewhat to Kurt Vonnegut's works.

What a marvelous plot-unique and contemporarily appropriate. Like a Vonnegut novel, I couldn't put the book down until I finished.

Immediately I thought this book should be made into a movie with Robin Williams or someone of that nature as the central character-a real thigh slapper.