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A review by bookapotamus
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
2.0
This is a hard one for me to review without offending anyone or having a fear of being judged for what I do or do not believe in.
This book is an interesting exploration of church and faith and God and in my opinion it was WAY to heavy on the religion for my taste. I do understand that a lot of things in life, many struggles and stressors, do have people questioning their faith, and in that aspect, reading about it is interssting to me. But I find some things hard to believe - in particular when one goes from a non-believer to a believer in one split second instant.
It was a very slooooow start for me and by 75% I felt we were still exploring everyone's background before the real trials of the book occurred. I would have liked that percentage flipped and explored more of the plot at the end of the book. If I DNF'd books, this would have been one.
Very slow and uneventful for the most part and many people loved this one- but it just wasn't for me.
This book is an interesting exploration of church and faith and God and in my opinion it was WAY to heavy on the religion for my taste. I do understand that a lot of things in life, many struggles and stressors, do have people questioning their faith, and in that aspect, reading about it is interssting to me. But I find some things hard to believe - in particular when one goes from a non-believer to a believer in one split second instant.
It was a very slooooow start for me and by 75% I felt we were still exploring everyone's background before the real trials of the book occurred. I would have liked that percentage flipped and explored more of the plot at the end of the book. If I DNF'd books, this would have been one.
Very slow and uneventful for the most part and many people loved this one- but it just wasn't for me.