The Shunning (Heritage of Lancaster County/Beverly Lewis, 1)

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Summary: It was so good, I had to run out and buy the sequel.
Review: I didn't know much about the Amish way-of-life, but this book gives some insight on how they live. It was well written and I could hardly put it down. I am now reading the next one, "The Confession".

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Summary: A Wonderful Story
Review: I have always been fascinated by the Amish, and this book just added to my interest. I became quite fond of Katie, and being an adoptive mom myself I felt for her mother. The story also opened up the reader's mind to the truth of Scripture and God's love for us. I was delighted to find that there is a sequel because, to be honest, the book left lots of unanswered questions (obviously leading up to a sequel). I can't wait to see how Katie is doing!....... Connie

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Summary: I REALLY enjoyed this book!!
Review: I LOVED this book!! I liked how it gave you an idea of what was going to happen but didn't give you enough to make you loose your interest. It was written in a way that made you not want to put it down. I am waiting for my grandma to buy the second book. I am dying to find out what happens between Katie and Dan. I also want to know what kept Dan away for so long. I can't wait to read the next one, and I highly recomend this one.

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Summary: This story gives you a look into the way the Amish Live
Review: I really enjoyed reading "The Shunning". It shows you how the amish live. The way the whole amish community lives as one big family. It also shows the struggles and the punishments that they go through. You gain a new understanding and respect for the amish. I can't wait to read "The Confession".

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Summary: The best Romance novel about Amish Culture
Review: I really thought this was an excalent book that to see into the lives and homes of the Amish people and their Culture. If are intrested in learning differnt cultures in a fiction setting this is one the best. I think My favorite parts were at here baptism, the preperation for the wedding, and the ending where Katies sister-in-law get a letter from her "dead" brother and says that he wants to come home for a visit. My droped open 10ft I couldn't belive it. I can't wait for the Confession to come out. Beverly Lewis is a exaclent author.

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Summary: A gripping saga of the Amish struggle to "do what's right"
Review: I simply couldn't put this book down! Almost every girl, on the verge of adulthood, looks back over all she's been taught and attempts to decide which values are truly hers and which ones she never really accepted as her own. Katie grows up, always feeling like she must be "wrong" for wanting fancy things and never really feeling Amish. Then she finds the reason for her distress and a whole new world of possibilities are now open to her. I learned so much about Amish life from the story. I felt like I was living in the Lapp household. I smiled, I gasped, and yes, I cried for Katie. Beverly Lewis did an awesome job - can't wait for "The Confession"

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Summary: Good series!
Review: I really like the Lancaster County series. It's such a unique story since it has the Amish setting. I read this book several years ago with the intent to finish the series but didn't get around to it. I just recently read the second book, and now I am anxious to get my hands on the third! It is a charming story and definitely worth anyone's time, especialyl if they are looking for a different story.

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Summary: Not a well-written story
Review: I did have high expectations for "The Shunning" and I am quite interested in the Amish culture. But from the very first, I had to force myself into the book. It has no lure; it never really caught my attention. I wanted to find out what happened so I continued to read. But, in my opinion (and I think mine an educated opinion, I read all the time), the story is not well written. The characters never fully come alive. It's not truly believable. It's a lot like a serial story or TV show, where the author keeps one step ahead so you'll keep coming back even though the story is no good. That's how I felt about this book. It wasn't believable. I wouldn't read it again. And I don't want to read the sequels. If you want to read something, pick up some good literature -- not a cheap "romance." There is plenty to choose from out in the world of the written word.

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Summary: The Shunning
Review: This was a suprisingly good read, I had a hard time putting it down. I was delighted to hear there were two more sequels.

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Summary: An absorbing story
Review: The Shunning is a very interesting story all the way through, and it taught me quite a bit about the Amish way of life. It seems like a book that teaches one so much would have to be quite boring, but it's really just the opposite. At one point, I actually had to stop reading for a few minutes just because I couldn't stand all of the suspense!
Katie Lapp is a very real, believable heroine, something that can be hard to find (especially, I'm afraid, in Christian fiction). I felt, at the end of the book, that I really understood her.
One piece of advice, though: Don't read the rest of the trilogy. This is hard to do, as the book ends on something of a cliffhanger, but force yourself to do it. The Shunning is an excellent book, but the next two are quite disappointing and sort of ruined the series for me. I suggest you just make up your own ending for Katie.