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A carregar... The Heather Hills of Stonewyckepor Michael Phillips, Judith Pella
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Great character development in this story by a great duo. A young girl, Maggie, departs from her father emotionally when he sells her horse as a teenager. Her father brings a relative into the home whom she falls in love with, and a young man whom he wants her to marry. When Maggie stands up to her father, a family war begins and she and her new husband leave her home when he is accused of killing his rival. A must read is the next in the series to find out what happens next. Great character and family relationships that will appeal to both men and women, but the line "I'd marry him even if he is a murderer" is a bit out of character. The only reason I finished this book was because I wanted to know how the story ended. I wasn’t drawn to it, and I didn’t connect with the characters well. Read more: http://christianfictionaddiction.com/book_reviews/heather_hills_of_stonewycke.ht... sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Seventeen-year-old Maggie Duncan is torn between her obligations as a dutiful daughter and her hatred of her father's cruel pursuit of money and power. But on the boundary between childhood and womanhood, Maggie discovers it is not her father who stands in the way of her happiness-it is her own tightly held bitterness. Drawn to a man quietly struggling to overcome his past, Maggie must learn to let go of hatred and embrace divine love and forgiveness. In The Heather Hills of Stonewycke two best-selling authors begin a glorious series about hearts and minds being opened to God. Davina Porter's wonderful narration captures all the sweep and grandeur of this panoramic saga. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I rather enjoyed another historical ChristFic series partly co-authored by Phillips and Pella, The Russians series, despite its stylistic flaws, so I decided to try The Stonewycke Trilogy.
Now, in large part, the characters in this first novel of the trilogy have an unnatural feel without sufficient dimension. It makes the development of their relationships fall fairly flat, especially when the authors "tell" about important developments without "showing" a convincing process. Also, at various points in the novel, the plot ambles along, seeming to lack focus.
When the story picks up and reaches more serious levels, it's often overdramatic and driven by clichés, both in terms of the plot and the characters. Also, not all aspects of the conflict make consistent sense.
Even so, the heightening action in the later chapters sparked my interest. As it was for me early in The Russians series, I'm not into Stonewycke's characters, at least not yet, but the events and what may be coming next have me curious. Besides, it often takes more than one book for a series to hit its stride, so I plan to check out Book Two. ( )