Blogs / Reviews
Book Review of Pretend You Don’t See Her by Mary Higgins Clark
This book features justice. I didn’t see any redemption and it’s not about vengeance. It’s a good old fashioned crime mystery. The second book of Ms. Clark’s I read in the last couple years. Not as good as the other one, but still well worth the read…
Book Review of Awakenings by Diane M. Dresback
This is a hard to classify book. There are the seeds of redemption. Possibly some justice coming. And much of it could be vengeance. But what makes this book so challenging is that it’s book one of the trilogy Awake as a Stranger. And this book does not stand alone. It leaves many unanswered questions. The three books need to be read to get the full story…
Book Review of Hans Waldemar Remembers Normandy by Aubrey Taylor
This is a short novelette about a former Nazi soldier now living in the US with his family. It ends leaving the hope of redemption not yet fulfilled. It’s modern times, so he’s in his nineties. His great granddaughter asks him to come to her school and share his experiences in the war. The story starts with Waldi, as he’s known, dreaming of his time in Germany, but most of the story is the interaction between Waldi and his family and the classroom presentation…
Book Review of The Hidden Saboteur by Charles Besondy
This is a story of redemption. One man coming to Christ and one man returning to God. There are some powerful Christian messages in this book. Overall, it’s a good read…
Do Readers Care about Point of View?
Lately, I’ve read a lot of books with different variations of point of view. There are the traditional private eye novels that are always first person. I’ve read third-person point of view. No surprise. There are novels with multiple first-person points of view – by chapter. Multiple third-person points of view, usually by chapter, but not always. And those with the protagonist as first person and the antagonist as third person…
Book Review of His To Love by Z. Peabody
There is redemption in this long novella, but I feel the redemption has already happened to the two main characters as they are both Christians. The story is a romance. I’m not sure the sub-genre, (and there are no categories listed on Amazon) but those of you more familiar may recognize it. Anyway, we might vaguely say both Sophia and Griffin are redeemed when they finally come together…
