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I finished reading John W. Howell’s Eternal Road: The Final Stop months ago and finally got around to writing a review of it. My excuse is I’ve had a lot of things going on in my life. Anyway, here it is.
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A Unique Story of the Afterlife
The plot in “Eternal Road: The Final Stop” hooked me from the very beginning. A view of life after death that I’d never considered was shown to me. It was stunning.
The main character, James Wainwright, begins a road trip in his 1966 Oldsmobile. When he comes across an attractive lady hitchhiker, he picks her up with a smile on his face. But then things get crazy. He learns that she is Samantha (Sam), a girl from his childhood that he had a definite thing for. He also learns that both he and Sam are dead!
This is the beginning of James’ journey in the Afterlife, with Sam as his guide. It is a journey filled with leaps in time to past historical events and a dark future where the entire human race is obliterated. Sam helps James do what’s right through all these events, even when Satan presents attractive wrongs.
I was engrossed through the whole story, and it got the gears turning in my mind as I contemplated James’ struggle to do the right thing, even in the Afterlife. The characters are strong and believable, even though this could be considered a fantasy tale. There is a strong spiritual side to the story that appealed to my heart.
This book is elegantly written. I strongly recommend it.
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I really can’t say enough about how much I appreciated this book. Take a look and see what you think.

Thank you for your review. I’ve noticed the cover several times, but your review nudged me to order a copy!
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I sure liked it!
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Thank you so much, Joy. I hope you enjoy it.
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I think you’ll enjoy the book, Joy. It raises such interesting questions about our view of the afterlife.
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It sure does.
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That’s an intriguing book, I will check it out. Thanks for an excellent review.
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It really got to me, Hien. I think you’ll like it.
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Wonderful review. I loved it too.
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And you write a wonderful review as well, Bonnie.
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Thanks so much John!
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Wow, Tim. I am really overwhelmed by your review. I specifically am glad you enjoyed the story. It was a different one for me and when you go outside the box it can be tense. You made me feel good about testing my comfort zone. Thank you so much.
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I sure enjoyed, John. I bragged about it enough that my wife is reading it now. Sorry to be so tardy in my review. 🙂
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I hope she likes it.
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I really enjoyed this story, too. So happy to see it getting some love here today.
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Thank you for the visit, Staci.
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Great review. I enjoyed this story and look forward to the soon-to-be-released sequel
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Thanks, Joan. I didn’t realize a sequel is coming. I’ll have pay closer attention to what’s going on around me. 🙂
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I don’t think he’s publicly announced it yet, but John is a fellow Story Empire author, so that’s how I knew.
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🙂
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It is launching in January, Tim
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Cool!
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😁
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Thank you, Joan.
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I’ve read this one and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Glad to see you did as well, Tim.
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Cool!
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Thank you for the endorsement, Beem. 😁
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Looking forward to it
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I really enjoyed this story, too. Nice to see it getting some love today.
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Thanks, Craig
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What a wonderful review, Tim. I also enjoyed this book, and I look forward to diving into the next. Thanks for sharing your recommendation, and congrats to John. 🙂
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Thank you, Diana
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Wonderful review, Tim. I really enjoyed Eternal Road as well. Vivid scenes and thought-provoking. Congratulations, John! 🌞
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Thank you, Gwen
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I concur with your review, Tim! I enjoyed Eternal Road as much as you did. I’m looking forward to the sequel.
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Me too!
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An excellent review, Tim! I agree with your review and your statement about John’s elegant writing is spot on! Thank you for sharing and congrats to John!
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Great review! This story is a favorite of mine.
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A great review for a great book! Congratulations to John on this well deserved recommendation. Thanks for sharing, Tim 🙂
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I can attest to your readers that John Howell’s book is a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
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It sure is!
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A wonderful review for a wonderful book. I think Eternal Road is among John’s best works, and I can’t wait for the sequel!
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I’m looking forward to the sequel too!
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🙂
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Tim. Your review is enough to get me to read this story. I’m getting to the age where I need to do more research on the afterlife, ha!
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You and me both, brother! 🙂
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I read the “Look Inside” at Amazon. Appears to be a very interesting read. Thanks for the review! I’ll put it on my list.
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I sure liked it. Hope you do too, Maddie. 🙂
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Hi Tim – great to see John’s book here. I’m glad you enjoyed it – it’s on my TBR! Thanks for sharing your review 🙂
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