'Christian' fiction. I might like to take a chance on this one.
Book Review: Back On Murder
I enjoy fiction, and I enjoy mystery fiction. Why don't I read 'Christian' fiction? Generally, I think, it's because the characters aren't real. They tend to be seriously one dimensional. The good people are good, and will be imparting the lessons of good, and the evil, or simply 'bad', are just that, and will fail, lose, be defeated, and be taught the lessons of good. The reason isn't so much that it imparts Christian values from real life but rather that it's written for Christians for whom any implication that a person can be a Christian and have qualtities of both sides of our nature is a temptation and a vexation. Plus, the people for whom most 'Christian' fiction is written for have a mindset that redefines their own actions and doesn't allow them to see how things they do might be wrong. I won't give examples from my own experience of people, but I certainly could. None-the-less, this book appears to have fewer of these qualities, and so it might be a good read. I might give it a try...
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