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Summary: A real disappointment
Review: Purusing the bookshelves of a local Christian bookstore I had intended to buy this book several years ago after reading the description on the back cover and finding it intriguing. But I absent-mindedly walked out of the store without it and hadn't seen it available again until I spotted a used copy recently. I quickly realized within a few dozen pages I could have gone forever without reading this book. While the subject matter is worthy, the execution is poor. Clearly, the author did not intend this book for adults but aims it squarely at a younger, less discerning audience. The writing itself is periodically juvenile, the villains are so one-dimensionally abhorrent and repellent as to be laughable, the story becomes more pedestrian with each page instead of building suspense. The bright spots are a main character who does generate our sympathy and compassion; also significant family relationship issues are well handled for the most part. I might have been better prepared for a reading of this book if I had read the publishers inclusion 'About The Author' on the last page of the book. Among her credits is the coordination of a community adult literacy program and that she has written six books for adults who are reading at a grade 4 to 6 level. I strongly suspect that this book was an effort on her part to write something a bit more significant and challenging.
Rating:
Summary: A real disappointment
Review: Purusing the bookshelves of a local Christian bookstore I had intended to buy this book several years ago after reading the description on the back cover and finding it intriguing. But I absent-mindedly walked out of the store without it and hadn't seen it available again until I spotted a used copy recently. I quickly realized within a few dozen pages I could have gone forever without reading this book. While the subject matter is worthy, the execution is poor. Clearly, the author did not intend this book for adults but aims it squarely at a younger, less discerning audience. The writing itself is periodically juvenile, the villains are so one-dimensionally abhorrent and repellent as to be laughable, the story becomes more pedestrian with each page instead of building suspense. The bright spots are a main character who does generate our sympathy and compassion; also significant family relationship issues are well handled for the most part. I might have been better prepared for a reading of this book if I had read the publishers inclusion 'About The Author' on the last page of the book. Among her credits is the coordination of a community adult literacy program and that she has written six books for adults who are reading at a grade 4 to 6 level. I strongly suspect that this book was an effort on her part to write something a bit more significant and challenging.
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