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Flight from Stonewycke (The Stonewycke Trilogy, Book 2)

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Michael Phillips is a Christian writer. He weaves parables in with a solid storyline every time! This book is really good. It leaves you on the edge of your seat, brings tears to your eyes, and gets you really involved with the characters. The lessions I learn about Christian faith are always well worth the read! Thanks Mr. Phillips, and keep up the great work. This book is not biased because that is what the stories are meant to do, teach Christian faith.

You must read the 1st book (Heather Hills of Stonewycke) and the 3rd book (Lady of Stonewycke), not this 2nd book alone! The trilogy is wonderful, with intriguing characters spanning over a significant period of time. It will definitely capture your attention!

After reading Book One of this trilogy, Book Two was a disappointment. The Christian bias that was present, yet tolerable, in the first book became overwhelming in the second one, overpowering what otherwise could have been a wonderful bridge.

Specifically, the authors express the Christian bias in several unbeliveable ways. First off, they insert two male characters into the story who talk about religion in every conversation. When one stops to think about this, one must ask, how many men really sit around and talk about nothing but God?

The authors also characterize a major religious conversion in too trite a manner to be believable. A major character is able to forgive all of a family member's past transgressions all in one moment. It's awfully hard to believe that a lifetime of hurt can be forgiven within a few moments. How many people's lives really work out that way?

To say one good thing about this book, the authors did the best job with the character of Ian. Although the religious bias does bleed over with the detective who interacts with him, the description of Ian's situation and state of mind is chilling and does elicit sympathy from the reader.

On the whole, it seems that the main purpose of this book, more than any other in this trilogy, is to advance the cause of Christianity. If that was the authors' main purpose, they should have simply written a book praising God and promoting religion, instead of attempting to wrap that purpose around a plotline. The combination does not work, and it only weakens the trilogy.