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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
This is a great coming of age story about a young girl struggling to find her identity when it seems the whole world is against her.
It is Christian fiction, but I assume only because the God and the bible are mentioned more than just in passing. As someone who freely reads Christian fiction, I know not everyone is as open to the genre, so I feel it needs to be said that this book is not so much about faith in God as it is in having faith in oneself and in the family that we are given, and in life.
I thought it was beautifully written, the words a sort of prose, and the main character a conflicted teenager which I both cared for and wanted to slap sense into at alternate times.
Overall, it is a beautiful story, I really enjoyed it.
It is Christian fiction, but I assume only because the God and the bible are mentioned more than just in passing. As someone who freely reads Christian fiction, I know not everyone is as open to the genre, so I feel it needs to be said that this book is not so much about faith in God as it is in having faith in oneself and in the family that we are given, and in life.
I thought it was beautifully written, the words a sort of prose, and the main character a conflicted teenager which I both cared for and wanted to slap sense into at alternate times.
Overall, it is a beautiful story, I really enjoyed it.
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Not to my taste at all. I mean, it was fine and a decent story that kept me interested, but then it just ended. Nothing was resolved really or finished.
Wow. This is one of those books that left me breathless. I need to preface this by saying Ms. Baart is lucky there IS a sequel, otherwise this review might not be pretty. As an author myself, I'm quite selective in what I read. I download a lot of stuff to my iPad. Not everything makes it into my TBR or AM READING pile. I sifted through a couple of choices before I hit on After The Leaves Fall. I'm not sure what it was that hooked me. This is not your average let's all be good Christians and pretend the world is a wonderful place kind of book. I don't write that kind of fiction and I hate reading it. So I have to say that this book holds a certain authenticity that I appreciate. I felt my emotions rise and fall along with Julia's, and I admit to wanting to slap a certain male character more than a few times throughout the novel. I caught myself thinking "How the heck can he be SO STUPID?" on more than one occasion. But then I remembered he's a guy. (No offense, guys, really). Unfortunately, just as I was really getting into this story, it ended. I thought there had been a mistake in my Kindle download at first. But no, it's done and I'm left hanging, wanting to know what comes next. Which is a good thing, because chances are, I'll be reading the book to follow this one. I say well done, Ms. Baart, a little off the beaten path, and just how I like it.
Not the worst book, the writing is okay but the story is PAINFULLY slow. The description of the story on the back of the book covers pretty much everything up to page 265 (of about 340 pages total). That last section ends up becoming extremely religious. I don't have a problem with that but it was just a very sudden change in tone.
Having a Kindle, I download lots of freebies. As most Kindle users know, that means lots (and LOTS!) of Christian fiction. I read a fair amount - it's my mindless filler reading. I rarely put it on GoodReads because it's not "real" reading to me - just filler.
This book was different. It wasn't the best book every - it's fairly routine coming of age stuff. But the writing is lovely. I really enjoyed it and would actually pay money to read something else by they author. If you have a Kindle, check it out!
This book was different. It wasn't the best book every - it's fairly routine coming of age stuff. But the writing is lovely. I really enjoyed it and would actually pay money to read something else by they author. If you have a Kindle, check it out!
The book was an entertaining read but not a great read. Very depressing and bleak throughout the book. While the author tried to capture a teen's sad life, the characters in the book seemed very static and rigid. There was no growth in the characters. I really couldn't connect with any of them.
This is a great coming of age story about a young girl struggling to find her identity when it seems the whole world is against her.
It is Christian fiction, but I assume only because the God and the bible are mentioned more than just in passing. As someone who freely reads Christian fiction, I know not everyone is as open to the genre, so I feel it needs to be said that this book is not so much about faith in God as it is in having faith in oneself and in the family that we are given, and in life.
I thought it was beautifully written, the words a sort of prose, and the main character a conflicted teenager which I both cared for and wanted to slap sense into at alternate times.
Overall, it is a beautiful story, I really enjoyed it.
It is Christian fiction, but I assume only because the God and the bible are mentioned more than just in passing. As someone who freely reads Christian fiction, I know not everyone is as open to the genre, so I feel it needs to be said that this book is not so much about faith in God as it is in having faith in oneself and in the family that we are given, and in life.
I thought it was beautifully written, the words a sort of prose, and the main character a conflicted teenager which I both cared for and wanted to slap sense into at alternate times.
Overall, it is a beautiful story, I really enjoyed it.
