Book Review

Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

The tastefully chosen deep gold of the cover has a mellow attractiveness that makes one want to reach out and snatch it out of the hands of its current reader. The high-contrast gold-on-black formatting of the spine print summons the wandering eye like a visual clarion cry.

This volume has enough heft to present ample resistance to the fingers and arms--not so flimsy that it is tossed with every jerk of the arm--yet is light enough to be maveuvered even by the most delicate frame. The flexibility of the cover presents an enjoyable challenge to one's digits, but the text has enough pages that its thickness is easily grasped.

The complex interplay of its smooth glossy cover and the firm edges of its thick matte pages provides a delight to the palms and the tongue. The binding and spine hold up to the rigors of predental mastication.

In this reviewer's estimation, an excellent book.