Hero's Tribute: A Novel Review

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Hero's Tribute: A Novel ReviewThe genre of Christian literature has gone through change upon change over the years; some for the better, some for the worse. This offering by Graham Garrison more or less represents the latest wave of change and I must say that I approve of the direction that Garrison and others of his ilk are taking. From my perspective, the concept of the "flawed hero," the concept of a man or woman doing the right thing despite all of our inevitable human flaws, is a good message; a realistic message.
As has been noted in several reviews here, the plot has already been well covered by several of the effusions recorded here so I will not linger overly long on that subject. In brief, we have a local home town boy who is a hero. He was the star of stars on his high school football team, played for a major college, married the love of his life, served his country honorably receiving not only the Purple Heart, but also the Medal of Honor, came home and started an organization to help troubled and under privileged children. All who know him love him...perfect man, perfect wife and family and perfect community leader. As the book open, Michael, our hero, dies an early death by cancer. His last request is that a local reporter, Wes, give his eulogy. Wes does not know Michael and begins an odyssey of discovery....just who was this "perfect man?"
Now make no mistake. There are no deep dark disgusting secrets unveiled here that we have been subjected to in real life recently. No instances of blatant infidelity, playing games in public restrooms, no unhealthy fascination with children, and no mistresses stashed in South America...not of the usual sick stuff that screams at us via the talking heads each evening. No, this is not the story of twisted, sickening flaws, but ordinary flaws that we all possess at one level or another. But are they flaws? Is being less that perfect a bad thing? Can a man or woman lead a wonderful productive life despite the burdens laid upon us from birth; from our families, teachers, coaches, friends and community and indeed, human nature?

I felt the author captured his characters perfectly, both as individuals and as groups of people. As an example, I was extremely amused as the author's description of the group of town people meeting at the local café, something that they had done for years...these older men living and reliving their "glory days" of high school football. What small town does not contain this sort of group? To be frank, I listen to this stuff ever Saturday morning and I must admit to having been guilty of participating in the conversation myself from time to time. The author's description of the local and not so local coaches are gems. Anyone living in small town America will be able to identify many of these characters in their own community. I love this sort of thing.
The book is well written and holds a very strong message. The author's portrayal of small town life, while a bit exaggerated at times, is spot on. His profile of a man who possesses the flaws we all have, yet tries his best to always do the right thing is rather inspirational. Like another reviewer here, the only real flaw I found in the work was that it started quite strong in the first half, but then sort of fell short of expectations in the end. This is no big deal though. Keep in mind that this is the author's fist novel and if you consider his obvious skill in writing and ability to tell a good story, we can be assured that we will be hearing much more from him in the future and I for one am looking forward to it.
I am giving this one five stars rather than four simply because it was a wonderfully good first effort. I do recommend this on highly.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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