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abigailkayharris's review
A bittersweet filled ending to the first Baxter series. The little snippets of backstory were interesting in their build-up to what was going on and what had happened in the Baxter's past, I logged the care and love between the family and how it was shown in the grief that the family goes through in Reunion. The joy and grief, the hurt, and the healing, the smiles and sorrow, they were all woven together into an ending of one story into the next.
There are some parts that got too telling and not enough something but otherwise was fine.
There are some parts that got too telling and not enough something but otherwise was fine.
stepgg's review
2.0
I was looking forward to this book. I assumed there would be a happy ending.. Nope this whole book was depressing as eff. it doesn't help that the book was all about Elizabeth dying and I just went through this with a family member so I could hardly get through the book. i felt like she wrote this book more trying to be a lesson than a story. (hey make your life count!) I felt like Karen tried to wrap up n make all the kid's stories all happy n hunky dorry to make up for this super sad book. I did not like how she threw I'm the secret son, I felt like his was thought up for this book and to make another series but it didn't seem like it fit in with the four previous books. really they kept that a secret all this time even when two of their kids had babies out of wedlock?? To me this whole book was a flop
rebar351's review
5.0
This book broke me in more ways then one. I don't think I've cried so hard reading a book since reading Karen's 9/11 series. Reunion was so beautifully written. Have a box of Kleenex beside you readers when you read this.. you will need them!
refinishednurse's review
4.0
This is a review of the entire Redemption series. I love a good bood with a Christ centered theme. I love that I know I'm not going to find any swearing or crap in them. I really enjoyed this series and the relationships protrayed. Lately I have been drawn to books about relationships and how to treat your spouse well, and these books have many healthy and strong relationships in them. I enjoyed them a lot.
reread13's review
3.0
I’m glad to be done with this series. It had its moments that were really good, but I did a lot of skimming though their blather. Glad I read it, but wouldn’t read again and wouldn’t necessarily recommend. As far as Christian fiction, this doesn’t hold a candle to Mitford.
elemenoreed's review
3.0
First of all, I feel like I must leave a warning that this book is very depressing and kind of a struggle to get through. Also, I think the introduction of the Dayne Matthews character was not very well done. I know that the author needed a segue into another series with a character that the reader would presumably feel attached to, but I think that his storyline was pretty much the most boring part of this book and I found myself not really caring too much what became of him (however, I have the first book of his series on my shelf for some reason, so I'll give it a go...). I think that his arrival in the narrative is completely abrupt and not very well executed because from the moment he came on the scene and we find out a bit of his story, I knew this was something of a shameless plug for a next novel. There are some loose ends that aren't really tied up. I got the impression from the author's afterword that the Baxter family wouldn't figure largely in the next series, so I will hope that if they ever do crop up, we'll be able to find out if Hayley makes a full recovery and anything more about what happens to Candy and Erin's kids. The trial for Kari's husband's murderer is brought up, but never was a conclusion reached...sigh. I feel like I want to stop here, but since I have the next book, I will soldier on.