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A review by buffstbookslisa
Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
3.0
I was very hopeful for this book given its subject matter. I was encouraged by the writing early on, such as:
“We were divided, as we had been from the beginning—half of the colonists were congregants striving to live as God intended. And the other half? Well, they were why we took care to mend the fences.”
However as the book unfolds too many of the characters lack true complexity. In addition, you know from the beginning what’s going to happen, and when it does, everything is exactly as you’d expect. There’s just not enough here to leave me feeling anything strongly, and to me, that’s a sadly missed opportunity.
“We were divided, as we had been from the beginning—half of the colonists were congregants striving to live as God intended. And the other half? Well, they were why we took care to mend the fences.”
However as the book unfolds too many of the characters lack true complexity. In addition, you know from the beginning what’s going to happen, and when it does, everything is exactly as you’d expect. There’s just not enough here to leave me feeling anything strongly, and to me, that’s a sadly missed opportunity.