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by Francine Rivers
This book was the epitome of a feel-good read. Francine Rivers used to be one of those few Christian authors that I could rely on for a well-written, challenging, thought-provoking novel. Many of her earlier novels are. I still rank "Redeeming Love" and "Leota's Garden" up towards the top of my favorites list.
Rivers still manages to avoid the plethora of cliché pitfalls that most other Christian authors like Lynn Austin, Karen Kingsbury, Tracie Peterson and many more, fall into.
However, she does not take that next step up and create characters that draw me in or develop a plot that has a single ounce of originality in it. With very few exceptions (and most of those minor), I could have predicted the consequence of each choice a particular character makes throughout the entire novel.
I wish more authors challenged themselves when setting pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard) because the reward for the reader multiplies many-fold when the author does.
I can't say that I recommend this book. There is also nothing about it that would make me not recommend it either. I will not, however, purchase it for my own library.
Rivers still manages to avoid the plethora of cliché pitfalls that most other Christian authors like Lynn Austin, Karen Kingsbury, Tracie Peterson and many more, fall into.
However, she does not take that next step up and create characters that draw me in or develop a plot that has a single ounce of originality in it. With very few exceptions (and most of those minor), I could have predicted the consequence of each choice a particular character makes throughout the entire novel.
I wish more authors challenged themselves when setting pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard) because the reward for the reader multiplies many-fold when the author does.
I can't say that I recommend this book. There is also nothing about it that would make me not recommend it either. I will not, however, purchase it for my own library.