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tibbarasden's review
dark
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. Loved how the story of creation was told through a young woman as a witness. It wasn't only the story of creation but also her journey of feeling unworthy and broken. With the scholarly aspect and a touch of a sci-fi feel it was enjoyable in that it didn't have that preachy feel that makes some Christian fiction less enjoyable.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking
teatunesandtales's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Trafficking
kvcatnip's review
5.0
While I understand how and why this book (and his other) are torn apart theologically, I found myself very much enjoying this story. That being said, after trying to match the story with Bible history for the first 50 pages or so, I gave up and just let the narrative happen. I then found immense joy, sadness, heartbreak, and victory in this story. It is such a beautiful and sweeping novel, full of many picturesque things. I loved this book as a fiction novel with core Christian values and principles. However, to see it as more than that (especially written by a simple man) would be dangerous and unnecessary.
thebookishheidi's review
3.0
I only gave this book 3 stars because I felt it had a lot of filler text in it. What I mean by that is while the story was intriguing and the retelling of creation was written very artistically the book itself had a lot of paragraphs that seemed to ramble on. I wish the author had maybe focused more on the story line and giving the relationships more in depth detail rather than ramblings of paragraphs that only skimmed a little of what the story line was about.
angeldevoursliterature's review
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
lorihenrich2021's review
3.0
It took me a bit to get into this story. The beginning of the story was kind of hard to get through. I generally thought it was kind of a weird tale. There were aspects that were very good, but for the most part I only finished it to see where it would go.
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