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Walking On Broken Glass (2010)

by Christa Allan(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1426702272 (ISBN13: 9781426702273)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Abingdon Press

review 1: I gave up on this book and then went back to it when I wasn't reading anything else. I am glad I finished it, and it did get better towards the end, but then the end was disappointing to me. First of all, I didn't know when I selected this that it was a Christian-based book. If I had known that, I doubt I would have read it. But interestingly, I didn't think the religious overtones were that strong. Most of the book suffered from an overuse of metaphors and comparisons that were designed to be humorous. Some of them were funny, but when every other sentence is written for that purpose, the prose can get very tedious for me. Once she gave that a rest, the story became more readable.Leah's emotion did resonate with me. I was able to feel her pain. But I did not like the endi... moreng. After figuring out that her husband and her are not right for each other and aren't going to be able to make their marriage work, she decides to "wait and see" because he loses his job? I just didn't get it. He was a jerk for the entire book. A horny, self-centered, led-around-by-the-nose-by-his-overbearing-parents ass of a husband, but maybe she won't leave him after all? "You waited a month for me, so I'll wait a month for you..." what?? Yeah, he waited a month...whining and pouting and being difficult and lying to his parents the whole time. And she's going to make a life with him and have twins with him after he insinuates that their first child died because of her?!?! This is me shaking my head. The good news is, I think I got this book for free. So I don't have to feel like I wasted my money. I'm still glad I finished this book, even though overall I was disappointed with it.
review 2: I opened this book with decidedly mixed feelings; the main character, Leah, does not seem very connectable to me in the beginning. I have never been drawn to alcohol or drugs, and I find the way she handles her problems and the way she handles her relationship with her husband weak and superficial at best. As the book went on, and Leah admitted herself into rehab and began to explore her relationships with the people there, a more Christian undertone went through it. I am not a huge fan of Christian fiction, I feel that it ends up being too preachy, and I think that this book did just that. Even halfway through the book, I had difficulty relating to the characters and the way that Leah was handling herself even in AA. The ending was a redeeming quality, but I feel overall the book lacked luster. less

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