Helpful Score: 1
I am a Christian, yes, one of those. And I hated this book. I am not a big fan of Christian fiction anyway. (mainly because they lack talent) Right away when I read the reviews of praise on the inside of this book, I could tell this was a Christian book. All the reviewers were from Churches or Christian organizations. You can NOT tell this from the publisher of even the tagged Genres.
I am not also one who tend to swear, but I found myself thinking WTF! and what a piece of crap!
I wonder about books that give you maps and genealogy charts. The writer thinks the reader will need the map and the genealogy chart to keep the characters strait. Right away that is a red flag to me. So right off the bat, you see that these two babies born at the SAME minute are actually related. yep cause that often happens in real life.
This book is short 172 pages of the story, and the rest is book club questions and interview with the author. If it wasnt so short I doubt I would have endured, but maybe if it was longer it would have been written better.
This book is better for a small group of teens or preteens as they use the life questions to think about how things in their life relate to this book. It is not a great or even good work of fiction. For so many reasons: choppy writing, too many POV, in too many different years, clique parallels, the neat happy tied up ending where all is redeemed and made well. (ok God can really do that but you have to read it to understand how trite this part was)
So if you want to read this book as analogy book about choices, and finding yourself and forgiveness, and redemption, that is what you will get.
I was annoyed that the Adultery between NELL and Walter during WWII was explained as true love. I did see redeeming love, unconditional love in the character RUUD, and I liked Katrina, and Grandpa Harold.
I think this book was full of spiritualism and not Christianity, which is a plus, but so many of the characters had visions, and dreams of each other that it was just not realistic.
There is a scene where our too babies are now adults and Josh saves Katrina in the ocean, and again it is symbolism, that they both needed saving from themselves, and their unforgiveness towards their parents.
OVERALL this book made my list for the worst book of the month over in the Hidden Gems, Best read of the Month thread.
I am not also one who tend to swear, but I found myself thinking WTF! and what a piece of crap!
I wonder about books that give you maps and genealogy charts. The writer thinks the reader will need the map and the genealogy chart to keep the characters strait. Right away that is a red flag to me. So right off the bat, you see that these two babies born at the SAME minute are actually related. yep cause that often happens in real life.
This book is short 172 pages of the story, and the rest is book club questions and interview with the author. If it wasnt so short I doubt I would have endured, but maybe if it was longer it would have been written better.
This book is better for a small group of teens or preteens as they use the life questions to think about how things in their life relate to this book. It is not a great or even good work of fiction. For so many reasons: choppy writing, too many POV, in too many different years, clique parallels, the neat happy tied up ending where all is redeemed and made well. (ok God can really do that but you have to read it to understand how trite this part was)
So if you want to read this book as analogy book about choices, and finding yourself and forgiveness, and redemption, that is what you will get.
I was annoyed that the Adultery between NELL and Walter during WWII was explained as true love. I did see redeeming love, unconditional love in the character RUUD, and I liked Katrina, and Grandpa Harold.
I think this book was full of spiritualism and not Christianity, which is a plus, but so many of the characters had visions, and dreams of each other that it was just not realistic.
There is a scene where our too babies are now adults and Josh saves Katrina in the ocean, and again it is symbolism, that they both needed saving from themselves, and their unforgiveness towards their parents.
OVERALL this book made my list for the worst book of the month over in the Hidden Gems, Best read of the Month thread.
Helpful Score: 1
This started out very promising. But gradually went down hill. I had no problem, following the different characters, the different places, the different times. I enjoyed to parts during WWII more than the later times, but it just never took off like I hoped it would.
