Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A Just Man, by:Helen Dainel

A Just Man is the story of several generations of a family. The story itself was relatively interesting because all of the characters were connected and continued to be a part of the story even after the main character shifted. The story begins in the Revolutionary War with a child (Thomas), who must take his dad some supplies. The next section of the story is about the life of his brother (Andrew), and learning to help those in need. The boy Andrew helps becomes the main character and Andrews best friend, his name was Billy. Billy learns a hard lesson if values in the story. He goes out into the city to make lots of money and get a good job, promising to return to the family who had cared for him so well, however he frets too busy for them and it is not until the death of Andrew that Billy returns. Upon his return he falls in love with Andrews niece and marries her. Together they decide to adopt a child. They take an unwanted child named Christina and the story mirrors that of the prodigal son, until the end of the book.
The writing style was good, however I felt like some of the theological content was severely poor. The content was too simplistic. I felt that she made Christianity seem childish with the way she wrote some different spiritual events. The relationship that people had with Jesus also seemed a little too simple as well. The overall message of the story was not bad, but the content was sometimes to poor which was very frustrating to me. I would give this story a 2 out of 5, I probably will not read it again.

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