A powerfully moving novel focusing on a little boy and the abuse he suffers at the hands of his father. Forced to view the world through his father's atheist beliefs, he is shielded from the existence of God and trapped in an endless storm of his own unanswered questions: How did life begin ? Why does life exist ? what purpose does life serve ? If there is no God, then who put me here?

Then one day, he meets a beautiful little girl and her father, devoted believers of God with souls of compassion and innocence. When they bring this little boy into their world, he learns of the existence of a loving, merciful God and finally, the pieces of life are starting to fit together and the answers to his questions are slowly emerging. But when a tragic, horrifying series of events cascades before him, this vulnerable, innocent little boy embarks on a terrifying passage to uncover the origins of the human soul and to meet this so-called invisible God

The Mighty Atom is a heart-rending novel that explores the evils and dangers of atheism and the terrifying lengths one will reach to understand life and its purpose of existence. These words encompass a magnitude of powerful messages and the importance of combining science and religion to explain life and its haunting complexity

I enjoyed this novel with its soul-crushing series of events and captivating characters. However, this was written in 1896 so the prose contained lots of big, fancy words which I still do not know the meaning of to this day. This is not a criticism seeing as it is a 19th century novel but I did struggle to get through the writing. Overall, the prose is angelic with vivid descriptions and imagery so when reading, I am confident readers will understand the gist of it, just like I did. The characters were my favourite. Corelli did a magnificent job crafting characters and using their symbolism to get her message across. An enjoyable story and definitely one for classics fans :)