This book was left over from last year's summer reading list, and I've picked it up on-and-off through the year. Each time, I came back to the story like one drawn to NASCAR races just to see the crashes: how bad can this narrative get. If the spelling and grammar issues don't jar your suspension of disbelief (no pun intended), the random plot twists will. In the end I only have the satisfaction of finally finishing it; other than that, I wasn't moved by this pseudo-Christian story. ( )

What would you do if an angel appeared to you in your dreams? Especially if you're not particularly religious? I think Daniel Keohane approached the issue of faith in oneself as well as one's faith in God very clearly in Margaret's Ark. I was drawn in at the beginning and the drama kept me reading even though this is far from my normal fare. I had trouble understanding the character Jack's part in the book, but by the end, I realized he had a multi-faceted part to play. The dichotomy between the two Catholic Fathers was interesting. I considered removing a star for the typos, but while there are some, they are not numerous or distracting. Nice work, Mr. Keohane! ( )

In Margaret's Ark thousands of ordinary people are visited in their dreams by "angels" with a message from god; they need to build an ark in order to survive a flood of apocalyptic proportions that will ravage the world in 60 days.

I was really quite pleasantly surprised by this book. I expected it to fall along the lines of some of the other Apocalyptic Christian Literature (i.e. the Left Behind series) that I've read which have a tendency to feel very "preachy" (if that makes sense). In reality I found it to be the opposite. While the main character, Margaret, is a Christian, the non-Christians in this book who had the dreams were visited by entities who were sent by the god(s) of their chosen religion. I thought this was a nice touch. I also like how the book included the perspective of characters who had the dreams but chose not to act on them.

I also REALLY enjoyed Margaret, the main character. In many cases I find that female protagonists written by men tend to be weaker characters who need a man to "save" them, but I didn't find this to be the case with Margaret. She is strong, intelligent, and I really enjoyed her back-story.

The books started off slowly, but builds wonderfully. After the first few chapters I couldn't put it down. In fact, I literally stayed up all night reading.

This book is self-published, but it is one of the BEST self published books that I've read. There were only a few spelling/grammatical errors that really stood out in my mind. There were, however, two major spelling errors that really bothered me, and were the sole reason why this isn't a five star book for me. Near the end of the book two Hindu gods are mentioned, Hanuman and Rama, spelled by the author as Hunnman and Ramman (unless these are alternate spellings that I am not aware of). I can really only assume these are the gods that the author meant to reference because of the context in which they are mentioned (they are seen by a Hindu character in a scene that is similar to one that occurs in the Ramayana). Because this occurs near the very end of the book (within the last few pages) it was not enough to ruin the story for me, but I was bothered by it. I hope that some day the author edits these scenes.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Apocalyptic/ Post-Apocalyptic genre, books with strong female protagonist, or anyone looking for an quick exciting read. As I mentioned before, don't let the religious nature of the book scare you off. I didn't feel forced on to me, the reader at all. ( )