Customer Reviews

Found (Firstborn Series-Baxter 2, Book 3)

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3 star:		(1)
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Found is another exceptional book by Karen Kingsbury. This continues the saga of The Baxter family, Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart. Dayne and Katy continue in their relationship, still trying to overcome many obstacles. The Baxter family (namely Ashley) continue to be blessed. John Baxter attemmpts to contact his firstborn son. Dayne attempts to come to terms with his past and find his Lord. This is a really good book. Give yourself plently of time to read, because you will want to read it in one sitting. It ends like the other books in this series...counting the days until the next book comes out.

Finally, after a year of waiting for this next book which I couldn't wait to read - and I was not disappointed! There is a wonderful salvation message that just made my heart swell! I could not put this book down - as with all the other books in this series. No other author keeps my attention like Karen Kingsbury and I read this book in two days!

This was such a great book. I love all of Karen Kingsbury's books. As with the previous books, I could not put this one down, read it in 2 days. Now I just have to wait until the next one comes out. While they all touch my heart, the beautiful brokenness of Dayne Matthews and his search for significance and love really got to me this time. Read this one! It was wonderful.

This was an awesome book. Karen Kinsgbury is a great author, and I couldn't put the book down. Her theme of redemption in the book and the underlying message of being found, really added to the story.
On the bad note, the book had a page that was messed up, but I did not come up on the problem in time to notify Amazon, and feel they need to have a bigger window for problems than 30 days -some defects are not found til the book is being read, and not everyone reads the book immediately

This book is awesome! Karen Kingsbury so developes her characters that you are so glad to spend time with them again in the current book and miss them while you wait for the next in the series.

Wow! What a great continuation of the stories of Dayne and Katie and the Baxter Family! This is an excellent book. It will make you want to read it from cover to cover in one sitting! I really enjoy Karen Kingsbury books. I've read her 2 books about 9/11 (Tuesday Morning and Beyond Tuesday Morning), and I've read the preceding five books of the Redemption Series starring the Baxters. After reading the Redemption Series, I had to continue with the Firstborn Series. Karen does an awesome job of touching on all the characters throughout her books and showing how God touches all of their lives.

I had read most of Fracine Rivers' books and was looking for another author to read. Karen Kingsbury is definitely a great choice! Enjoy her work! I can't wait until "Family" comes out!

I can't get enough of Karen Kingsbury!! This is book 3 of her Firstborn series which follow the "Redemption" series about the Baxter Family. This whole series is so real to our life right now and presents the joys, struggles, successes and failures that all Christian families face. The author is very realistic, yet Christ centered in how to deal with the everyday issues of life.

Once again, Karen nails it.
We're immediately drawn into the lives of the Baxters, Katy Hart, and Dayne Matthews. The only problem with Karen's books is that they are too readable! I get through them in a day if I have the time.
And, as always, she's left me waiting for the next book in the series to appear.
Great characters, wonderful storyline and a clear salvation message. What more could a reader ask for in Christian Women's Fiction?

Yep, I read it in 2 days also!!! This is a wonderful book and a tribute to all families touched by adoption. This is the second book of this series I have read & feel each page deepens my faith. I too can hardly wait for "Family" to be released!!

I've read every book in Kingsbury's Redemption/Firstborn series and, sadly, this one seems the weakest yet. All the weaknesses of Kingsbury's style are here -- everything overwritten, as if we can't remember what happened just a chapter before, supposedly dramatic statements that, again, just repeat what we already know, awkward, overly wordy phrasing, etc. Perhaps this is because Kingsbury seems to be on a treadmill of pumping out books like an automaker pumps out vehicles. Is that really the best way to produce memorable novels?

The story is decent enough, about a Hollywood star slowly -- very, very slowly -- coming to grips with the parents who gave him up for adoption and coming to grips with the faith he left behind years ago. But this is yet another weakness, in my opinion. The story is simply being dragged out so long that it strains my sense of credibility.

Don't get me wrong -- I love the God stuff in these books. But holy shmokers, I just wish she'd tighten up her writing style and get on with it. Now, let's see if even one person gives this review a thumbs up <grin>