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A review by votesforwomen
More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer
2.0
EDIT: Taking this down to 2 stars because I really can't justify three xD
*cries* This started out so good, too!
I'm sick of something, and it is this:
I WANT TO SEE CHURCH PEOPLE DEPICTED IN YA WHO ARE NOT OUT TO TWIST SCRIPTURE AND HURT PEOPLE.
Rev's dad was a horrible person, it's true. Men like him exist. Many, many people out there have been hurt by the church. I'VE been hurt by the church. And yet, I've pushed through. I know many, many people who have pushed through.
I'm so frustrated by the lack of good people within the church represented in YA, or in fiction in general. At the beginning it seemed like that book might fix that. But...IT DIDN'T AND I'M HURT BY THAT.
There are good pastors out there. There are pastors and church members who:
-Stand AGAINST child abuse
-Foster and adopt children the world calls "unwanted"
-Preach the truth in love
-Don't compromise, but are not cruel
-would never, NEVER resort to TORTURE to "help" people
-Aren't out to FORCE YOU TO CHANGE but just want you to grow closer to God and will gently guide you in that direction
CAN WE PLEASE SEE SOME OF THAT????
That was my main issue with this book, and it's less a problem with the book itself than a frustration I have with fiction as a whole. However, add to that a character like Emma, who I understand was going through a tough time but was still majorly a jerk; a TON of language including basically the worst word there is written out; the glory of insta-love; and really, really disturbing cyber-bullying, I'm thinking I can't really give this higher than 2.5 stars. Which sucks, it really does.
Boo.
*cries* This started out so good, too!
I'm sick of something, and it is this:
I WANT TO SEE CHURCH PEOPLE DEPICTED IN YA WHO ARE NOT OUT TO TWIST SCRIPTURE AND HURT PEOPLE.
Rev's dad was a horrible person, it's true. Men like him exist. Many, many people out there have been hurt by the church. I'VE been hurt by the church. And yet, I've pushed through. I know many, many people who have pushed through.
I'm so frustrated by the lack of good people within the church represented in YA, or in fiction in general. At the beginning it seemed like that book might fix that. But...IT DIDN'T AND I'M HURT BY THAT.
There are good pastors out there. There are pastors and church members who:
-Stand AGAINST child abuse
-Foster and adopt children the world calls "unwanted"
-Preach the truth in love
-Don't compromise, but are not cruel
-would never, NEVER resort to TORTURE to "help" people
-Aren't out to FORCE YOU TO CHANGE but just want you to grow closer to God and will gently guide you in that direction
CAN WE PLEASE SEE SOME OF THAT????
That was my main issue with this book, and it's less a problem with the book itself than a frustration I have with fiction as a whole. However, add to that a character like Emma, who I understand was going through a tough time but was still majorly a jerk; a TON of language including basically the worst word there is written out; the glory of insta-love; and really, really disturbing cyber-bullying, I'm thinking I can't really give this higher than 2.5 stars. Which sucks, it really does.
Boo.