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Off the Deep End: Jerry and Becki Falwell and the Collapse of an Evangelical Dynasty by Mark Ebner, Giancarlo Granda

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informative slow-paced

2.25

As someone who once attended Liberty and lived in Lynchburg when the Falwells fell from the pedestal they’d managed to claw their way onto, I had high hopes for this book. The story in and of itself is entirely worth knowing, but the writing fell utterly flat to me. Political/religious scandal tell-alls can be both informative and riveting and this one certainly had that potential, but Granda’s voice was something reminiscent of a personal diary and a bad high school essay rolled into one, and I’m honestly not even sure where or how Mark Ebner comes into play as a writer since everything is written in first person. Overall the whole thing read as “this happened, then this happened; they did this, then I did that.” Again, I believe his story completely and am happy he gave it voice and helped dismantle some of the ridiculous power and influence the Falwells once wielded, but as a… I don’t even know what to call it? Autobiography? Tell-all? Regardless, it was a struggle to get through. A great deal of potential but it did not live up, sadly. 
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