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Broken Identity (2011)

by Ashley Williams(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0768439213 (ISBN13: 9780768439212)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Destiny Image

review 1: Flunked the hundred page test. Not sure whether this was a) a fantasy set in an alternate universe, b) a spoof of Christian fiction or c) a serious work. Suspect the author meant the third.Unrealistic plot development, cardboard characters, amateur writing. Williams needs to attend a Writing for the Soul or Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference.Books like this given Christian fiction a bad name.
review 2: Drake Pearson has just finished school and longs to escape from the life he leads with his drunken, wasted father. First, he wants to fathom the mystery of his beloved mother's disappearance twelve years earlier. What he discovers sets in motion a chain of events that keep him wanting to run, searching for he knows not what. At the same time, Andrew... more Tavner is anxious to win sole custody of his nephew, Ronnie, a victim of his parents' abuse and neglect. Will Andrew be able to successfully nurture the little boy's trust and love without any help? When the paths of these characters cross, incredible things begin to happen.The three main characters of this terrific book cannot be more different; an 18-year-old young man, a retired man and a 7-year-old boy. The author skilfully gets inside each of their heads, making it easy for us to care for them very quickly. I love Drake for his depth, I love Andrew for his generosity, I love Ronnie for his exuberance, and I love all three for the hugeness of their hearts. I found my eyes tearing up several times, the sign of a great novel.This book blends action with emotion and successfully makes Christian faith a crucial aspect of the plot, something not all Christian novels manage to do well. It makes you cheer at the end, with an understanding of what the concept of family really means. And it makes you not want to pull yourself out of their world and back into yours for a long time.Kudos to Ashley Williams, who I see from her website is a uni student living with her parents and brothers. She's managed to do for me what many older and more experienced authors haven't. I can't wait to read more of her books. less

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