Review: Written in a different era, but good faith lessons
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
This is about a young man who, upon overhearing that he's not considered good enough for the girl he loves, sets out to prove them right and then has to deal with the guilt and shame. In a time when there is very little shame anymore, it's hard to relate to the torture the people in this story put themselves through. Much of the story is told through the eyes of a young boy who observes, and is involved in, many of the twists and turns the story takes, from a kidnapping, to jealousy, to thwarting villains, to surviving being shot, to surviving a tenement fire, to a murder trial - it all happens in this story. Throughout, all the characters come face to face with faith, God, forgiveness, and grace. I like these books, even though they tend to be schmalzy and very old fashioned and sometimes even not particularly well written, but they're charming all the same and always contain some uplifting truth about Christ.