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Sticky Business and Short Stories raises the age-old question about why, if God
exists, do good people often get treated horribly and bad people end up
successful. To study this question, the author uses fictional characters and a
factual event, that of the molasses disaster in 1919 where a huge vat of
molasses in Boston basically exploded, injuring and killing many citizens. I
had never heard of this tragedy so I found reading about it to be very
interesting. Mr. King gives a realistic voice to all of the characters and I
really enjoyed his style of writing. In this story, A Sticky Business, Father
Peligrino, a young priest, spends his life trying to figure out why some
innocent people died, such as a little girl gathering wood, yet a mob boss
survived by what some would call a miracle. It affects Father Peligrino’s faith
as he tries to find the answer to his question. Some of the characters are real
and Mr. King does an excellent job bringing them to life. He explains all sides
of the debate about whether God exists and if there is something after we die
and does a pretty good job of being unbiased and waits until the end to give
his opinion on the subject. Following this story are more short stories
centered on the same subject as the first one. I enjoyed reading the opinions
given throughout the stories and it certainly did make me think, although it
didn’t shake my faith. As read on my ereader, it formatted well and the cover
was beautiful and grabbed my attention. This is definitely worth reading.
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