I read this book going in knowing what it was having watched a recap of the miniseries so I mostly knew what to expect, but I felt there was so much lacking.

I loved their depiction of the “Overlords” as the traditional devil in Christian mythology. Given that the real devil is never depicted anywhere in the Bible as a hooved-winged, horned, red being makes you wonder where that myth originated from.

The problem is that this book is so quick. It skims over the repercussions. It does mention a few self deletions here and there and briefly discusses the Israel statehood. But other than that, some more stories of everyday people would have been great.

Most egregious of all is that the ending is basically 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s almost like the same writer turning in his homework twice.

I really wished they did more with the why the overlords look the way they do, when they previously visited earth and how their appearance affected people who grew up thinking that was the actual devil.

I’m sure it was ahead of its time, but going back and reading it with a fresh set of it, it’s still good, but glosses over SO much that happened in between important dates in the story.

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Edit: What are your thoughts? Discussion?