Colleen (Springsong Books)

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: I enjoyed this book, because Colleen was a likeable character. I agree that some of the details were described a little too well, but Colleen is a normal person who is trying to overcome her running from God. I especially liked Colleen's friendship with Miss Lavender, as well as many other characters. This was a good book!

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: I enjoyed this book, because Colleen was a likeable character. I agree that some of the details were described a little too well, but Colleen is a normal person who is trying to overcome her running from God. I especially liked Colleen's friendship with Miss Lavender, as well as many other characters. This was a good book!

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Summary: Moonlight, Waves, and Sand . . . but what about Colleen?
Review: Really, I had to force myself to finish this book. The problem is Eva Gibson's excessive description: she describes mundane parts of life with unnecessary detail. This book's plot revolves around many ordinary events--a severe thunderstorm, a stray dog, a missing heirloom, a painter creating her masterpieces. Not a flaw in itself, but when this is the case, description should be cut to minimum. Instead, it is allowed to gobble half the paragraphs in the book. Readers, how many times did she tell us what the ocean, the moonlight, the rocks, even the *mud* looked like?? Another note: we never do find out (from either "Melissa" or "Colleen")-- just why is Colleen running? What began her flee from God? It's just there, supposed to be taken for granted. So why isn't it a one-star book? The lesson taught--that no matter how far you try to run, God will catch you--is a gem, and the characters are likable enough, though shallow. This book had the potential to be so much more than it is; but the author was so pre-occupied with sand, waves, and moonlight, that along the way her characters got left behind.

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Summary: It was the best teenage book I've ever read.
Review: This book is one of the best I have read in a long time.I've also read a lot of the springsong books they are all wonderful