This book left a lot to be desired. It lacked heart. It is difficult to engage a reader in such a heady and esoteric topic as religion without offering some sympathetic characters to get invested in. But this novel, populated by the egotistical and the down right boring, doesn’t contain a single charcater for the reader to identify with or root for.

Kirn has tackled the idea of religious disillusionment, dependency, and vehemence far more eloquently in his previous novels. Look to them for the spark that Mission to America lacks.