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2.0 out of 5 stars
Repeating ideas within the same series brings rating down, September 7, 2010
I first thought this book was a five star -- it was the first Gilbert Morris book I had read. But after picking up two of the other books in this series and a couple in a different series. I went from 5 to 2 stars because he will repeat concepts and ideas in the books I read. The most notable one concerns the Oregon Trail and making iced lemonade.
From one book to the next -- if it dealt with the Oregon Trail, the book had the 'iced lemonade' paragraph almost unchanged from one book to the next. Does the author really think we won't remember? And the story could have been used again by approaching it differently.
This along with other ideas or descriptions that were repeated in each book turned me to a somewhat disappointed reader.
If you are only going to read ONE of his books, it will definitely be an enjoyable read. If you are like many of us - find an author and try to read all of their books, prepare yourself for the same story line, descriptions, and action sequences.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book, June 19, 2010
This book was pretty good. It wasn't my favorite but I thought it was worthwhile. I thought it was really interesting to see the path that the group took along the Oregon Trail. The maps in the book were nice because it helped me visualize where they were going.
I would like to correct an error I found in the book though. Fort Kearny is spelled wrong. In the book its K-e-a-r-n-e-y and in real life its K-e-a-r-n-y. The fort is named after General Stephen Watts Kearny. The city of Kearney has the extra "E" in it because post masters kept making the mistake of adding it and it stuck.
I just thought I would share that =)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
ANGEL TRAIN, December 9, 2009
ANGEL TRAIN is part of the Wagon Wheel series by Gilbert Morris. And though I enjoyed it, many parts of the book seems predictable and similar to the other stories in the series.
The plight of the small Pennsylvania community called Pilgrim's Way has fallen on hard times. With the coal mine so many of the countrymen depend on closing, they feel desperate to find a solution. When Charity Morgan hears of the free land being offered in Oregon, she feels she has found that solution. The only problem . . . finding someone to lead them. When visiting her uncle, a prison warden, Charity finds her man in inmate Casey Tremayne. Casey, along with a ragtag group of criminals agrees to take the Pilgrim's Way group to Oregon with the promise they will be paroled if the group arrives safely. The attraction between Charity and Casey is immediate, though they both do what they can to ignore their feelings. The journey to Oregon is not without its trails and losses. But the end proves rewarding for both the travelers and the inmates.
I enjoyed the entire series. But by the fourth book with similar story lines, it became a bit old.
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