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book_lizard42 's review for:
Lay Your Body Down
by Amy Suiter Clarke
I have to think about this one for a while. It was a powerful story about the sinister hold a church can hold over a town BEFORE it became a murder mystery. I thought I was getting one story, and I got another. It was a very, very good book. I would have been even happier if it had dismantled the evil brick by brick without it turning into a murder story.
The story about women who had been hurt by the church was so compelling, and as someone who has experienced harm at the hands of an organization we're taught to believe in and trust with our whole hearts, I would have been so satisfied to see the pastor of a mega-church fall from grace. That was the story I think my heart really wanted. The mystery was fine. Things fell into place oddly at the end, and there wasn't the satisfaction I had really hoped to feel.
But it was good. Worth reading. I think there is room for plenty more stories on this topic.
The story about women who had been hurt by the church was so compelling, and as someone who has experienced harm at the hands of an organization we're taught to believe in and trust with our whole hearts, I would have been so satisfied to see the pastor of a mega-church fall from grace. That was the story I think my heart really wanted. The mystery was fine. Things fell into place oddly at the end, and there wasn't the satisfaction I had really hoped to feel.
But it was good. Worth reading. I think there is room for plenty more stories on this topic.