Review: Dreadful, Dreadful Book
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
First of all, had I known this was a "Christian" romance, I'd never have read it in the first place. It's been my experience that Christian stories always seem to degenerate into a series of "situations" wherein the characters, rather than relying on initiative or personal knowledge and experience, simply pray and wait for the Lord to "show them the way." It's almost mind-numbing how incompetent these people can be. And I feel really sorry for Christians everywhere if this is the kind of "literature" they read. As for this particular book itself, there is so much wrong here, I hardly know where to begin. Historical research is negligible. Character development is non-existent. Plot is weak. Dialogue is inept. And we're supposed to believe that Millie falls in love with this dour, silent, judgmental man because he reads to her every evening from the Book of Matthew!!!?! I can think of a whole lot of other reasons that might cause a young woman to fall in love with a man. Then again, maybe I've just been dating the wrong sort of people.