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Title: The Island Of Heavenly Daze by Lori Copeland, Angela Elwell Hunt ISBN: 0-8499-4219-5 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (21 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: My First 2 Star Rating...
Comment: I hate to be the party pooper, but I really could not get into this book. When my friends heavily recommended it to me, I thought a nice fluffy book (as they described it) would be a nice break. However this book never really rose to what it's potential might have been (in my opinion).
In a nutshell, my criticisms are this:
- It was poorly written. The book simply dragged, and I forced my way through it hoping that it would pick up at some point. When it did, it was a whole new set of characters (the Annie & Olivia story), and I had trouble getting into them.
- This brings me to my second point: The plot is incredibly choppy. You start with a huge focus on the pastor and then move for most of the book to focus on Annie & Olivia. Then, at the end, you switch back to the pastor. My guess was that one writer took one subplot and one took the other, but it would have been easier to care about the characters & their issues if they were developed throughout.
- There was a sloppiness about details in the town and the storyline. Sometimes I would start picturing one thing in my mind only to have a dog or a person or something in a completely different place than I had been led to believe. I think because of the two authors, no one took full responsibility for solid development of the town, places, or even character details.
- Only the main characters were really developed. Again, I think each writer focused on her subplot, and that left alot of the town as one-dimensional characters valuable only as a stereotype against which the main characters play off.
- Lastly, I think I would have cried if any more cliche evangelical sayings, promises, prayers, etc. were shoved down my throat. If you want to write a fluffy, funny story with quirky characters then go ahead...but don't use it to be preachy because there isn't enough meat there to really speak to real life. Instead, I got the sense that the authors created each scene with their punch-line sermon in mind...it was all too manipulated to have any poignancy.
However, for what it's worth, I did appreciate 2 things:
1. The inclusion of the angels was creative. When I heard the plot, I truly dreamed up great & amusing potential for this book.
2. I appreciated a mid-life crisis type pastor who wasn't really endearing. In most Christian fiction, you seem to run into the same characters over and over, but he was new...and believable.
Rating: 5
Summary: HEAVENLY & HOPEFUL
Comment: Better than Jan Karon's Mitford - this book transports from the chaos and sadness of today into a realm of hope and hereafter. It accomplishes what a lot of preachers can't. A definate read to comfort mind, body and spirit. After reading the first I purchased the rest.
Rating: 5
Summary: Taste the sea air
Comment: heavenly daze warmed my heart,made me laugh out loud,and was a comfort as I sat in my victorian tea house and read myself into complete serenity.I could almost taste the salty air on my lips.
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Title: Grace In Autumn - A Novel - by Lori Copeland, Angela Hunt ISBN: 084994287X Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 11 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: A Warmth In Winter by Lori Copeland, Angela Elwell Hunt ISBN: 084994306X Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: A Perfect Love : by Lori Copeland, Angela Hunt ISBN: 0849943434 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 10 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Hearts At Home : by Lori Copeland, Angela Elwell Hunt ISBN: 0849943442 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 08 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: A Can of Peas by Traci DePree ISBN: 1578565235 Publisher: WaterBrook Press Pub. Date: 16 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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