Book Review: Malice’s Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind, & Naked
Malice did not exaggerate in our interview when he said that Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked was a wild ride, and a wild ride that is readable in one sitting (I read it in about 2 hours). The prose style was very informal, but at the same time, I found that to be refreshing (the voice of the author sounded exactly like him, and I can confidently say that after talking to him over the phone). As you can guess, I highly recommend this, and not only because I love the Clipse. It's not every day that one of my favorite artists chooses to tell a story so personal and so intimate, and so inspirational, but even then, I still recommend this. Frankly, I thought it was brave of him to share his story, in addition to his upbringing and personal life, when he was literally "wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked was not what I expected, but in a good way. I have to confess (pun intended? naw, I'm not that corny) that I flipped to the pictures before I started reading, and fortunately my assumption about what I saw proved to be incorrect. I really enjoy books that make me think, that make me lay in bed and reflect on what I read, and this is one of them. Malice's story is about the role of faith, but like he said, he's not interested in converting us all to Christians. He just shares his story, and how faith saved him. To me, I feel that stories like this, expressly about religion and God, are kind of a taboo subject these days (I say that as someone who believes in God, but who does not go to church). While ...
