Review: Soap Opera love - so artificial
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
This book is just so full of soap opera drama. The main Characters are so vain. They are supposed to be Christians but the author was so wrapped with their looks that she made no mention of their Christian community. Not every couple is a Osteen couple or a Bunchen/Brady couple. I personally found it condescending for the author to describe people with lesser look to be worse of than diseased.As I said, soap opera really. What does the author mean that on a close look Josh did not recognize Callan just because of a hair cut and make up. If you talk about changing hair color, dishing spectacles, hiding freckles and removing braces all at once, that could be reasonable but then, this is so soap opera.Did I mention the characters are so vain? Got me seething truly. Clay was so rude to Callan's Dad the first day he met him cause he did not want to meet with some daughter that he expected to look ugly. Not someone carrying some air borne disease of mouth odour. How is he a Christian. Clay and Callan were so self absorbed that they did not want to share themselves with children and if Clay was able to cross that (I quote) "after seeing what lurked in the gene pool, it was a somewhat scary dive to contemplate"! Can you believe that? Rejecting an unborn child because of the possibility of it's look! They did not even like being around ugly (to their definition) people.The author described the kids of Mel and Ted as sweet and tried to sell to us that Mel and Ted themselves where horrible UGLY people. Fact is, kids take the personality of their parents. A gloomy child has a gloomy parent, a smiley child has a smiley parent. The author describes the kids as VERY cheerful and tries to influence the reader to accept that the parents are hideous. Not working. You can't give what you don't have so Mel and Ted gets credit from me based on YOUR report on Audrey and Emma. The main characters are supposed to be Christians, YET when celebrating a marriage renewal vow in thanksgiving of life, they spite Callan brother Bob and her cousin Mel as well as their spouses. Even if you can sell that Bob, Donna, Mel and Ted are Hideous, as Christians are they not supposed to invite them? Is it not written that if we love only those that love us or let me use here, those that are as good as us, how then are we better off than the sinners for even they extend love one to another.This book is a book that can give you some low self esteem if you are not perfect. It is a book you can complete and make you discontent with yourself and life. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 to be objective, cos as a soap opera it passes more than 1 star. The Characters are so nipped and tucked!!!NO I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN BOOK OR AS A GOOD SELF ESTEEM BOOK.