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A review by random_spider
The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers
3.5
**Not yet a settled review**
In this book, we follow our protagonist who was raped and found out later that she's conceiving the rapist's child. Stripped away from her 'perfect' life and future, she endured the harsh life while seeking advice from others before the inevitable.
The Atonement Child was slow and heavy. REALLY SLOW AND HEAVY. Although usually I consider this as a pacing problem, I think it works on this book's specific plot...and yet it was still a little too slow/heavy for its own good. WHY? It's extremely melodramatic (so each emotions were weighty enough, and the readers were forced to read chunks of them.) The book also took its time debating the concept of abortion. Yeah, the whole novel was basically a tedious dispute about whether it was right/wrong to kill an unborn. I'll give it to y'all whether you would enjoy this peculiarity, but I was sure fixated on its various discussions/points (though there was some bias from the author.)
Overall, it's good enough. 7/10. Need fresh rereading for updates and justifications.
In this book, we follow our protagonist who was raped and found out later that she's conceiving the rapist's child. Stripped away from her 'perfect' life and future, she endured the harsh life while seeking advice from others before the inevitable.
The Atonement Child was slow and heavy. REALLY SLOW AND HEAVY. Although usually I consider this as a pacing problem, I think it works on this book's specific plot...and yet it was still a little too slow/heavy for its own good. WHY? It's extremely melodramatic (so each emotions were weighty enough, and the readers were forced to read chunks of them.) The book also took its time debating the concept of abortion. Yeah, the whole novel was basically a tedious dispute about whether it was right/wrong to kill an unborn. I'll give it to y'all whether you would enjoy this peculiarity, but I was sure fixated on its various discussions/points (though there was some bias from the author.)
Overall, it's good enough. 7/10. Need fresh rereading for updates and justifications.