Review: A bit pedantic where piety would have prevailed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2012
What an interested story! Though the subject matter was full of horror stories, the author was able to give us enough information without going into the gory details. By writing it this way, we were able to know the more positive sides of the story. For this it is worth 5 stars.I have nothing against Christianity, I consider myself a Christian. But I think those parts of the story were over-done. The main character's thoughts lead us in the right direction. The rest is distracting to the story. To have the process of accepting Christ as personal savior might well be done better in a more personal matter, as such things should be kept, in footnotes or back in the book with more detailed process. This was where the story bogged down and lost momentum, and a star.I did love the relationship between the two main characters. After what Jo had been through, and the persona she portrayed, Francis keeps a respectable distance following Jo's lead. I can hear the sigh of relief and wish from a lot of women that such men existed. It was refreshing to see that kind of love from each of the characters.I went ahead and bought the longer story to support the author and to read again later.