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A review by argyledinosaur
A Tapestry of Hope by Judith McCoy Miller, Tracie Peterson
1.0
Wow.
Okay. So, in the spirit of trying to be nicely critical, I have some things to say. The book wasn't paced well. The book, leading up to the birth of the baby, was really slow and kind of boring, and the last three chapters were a whole lot of mess and madness that was just... weird?
While this is Christian fiction, there were some things in the book that made me uncomfortable (which is more on me than the book, but I'mma point them out anyway). Nobody needs to forgive their abuser for any reason, for starters. Some people do forgive them and that helps them heal, and that's great. However, in my opinion you don't NEED to forgive someone that abused you to heal. From my experience I haven't forgiven people, I have just made peace with what has happened and have acknowledged that it wasn't my fault and that is how I healed. But I digress.
The rape plotline or whatever was not necessary in the slightest to show what a repulsive man Bradley was. He was already disgusting and horrible, that was just added for more shock and I guess to show that he was a really bad guy, but we all knew this because he was already an abusive hypocrite.
I'm sure there's more that I disliked about it, but I just don't have the energy to keep going. I gave this book enough of my energy by reading it, I don't need to give it more.
Okay. So, in the spirit of trying to be nicely critical, I have some things to say. The book wasn't paced well. The book, leading up to the birth of the baby, was really slow and kind of boring, and the last three chapters were a whole lot of mess and madness that was just... weird?
While this is Christian fiction, there were some things in the book that made me uncomfortable (which is more on me than the book, but I'mma point them out anyway). Nobody needs to forgive their abuser for any reason, for starters. Some people do forgive them and that helps them heal, and that's great. However, in my opinion you don't NEED to forgive someone that abused you to heal. From my experience I haven't forgiven people, I have just made peace with what has happened and have acknowledged that it wasn't my fault and that is how I healed. But I digress.
The rape plotline or whatever was not necessary in the slightest to show what a repulsive man Bradley was. He was already disgusting and horrible, that was just added for more shock and I guess to show that he was a really bad guy, but we all knew this because he was already an abusive hypocrite.
I'm sure there's more that I disliked about it, but I just don't have the energy to keep going. I gave this book enough of my energy by reading it, I don't need to give it more.