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It All Started With Autumn Jones (2010)

by Jack Weyland(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1606418408 (ISBN13: 9781606418406)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Deseret Book

review 1: Oh Jack Weyland, why do you do this? I love you. I love your books. I've been a huge fan since I was 12 years old and got "Charly" for Christmas in my stocking and read it before we were even ready to open the presents under the tree. However the more books you write, I feel like the lazier you're getting. What happened to the great narration and story telling of "Peppertide" or "A New Dawn"?? This has the plot of what could have been a really great story. And I liked Autumn and Nick much more than some of your other recent main characters. I liked how convicted Autumn is of her beliefs and how Nick was still humble enough to listen to the Spirit and do what he needed to do.I didn't like how black and white everything was. Dr. Weyland, do you remember life outside of Rexbu... morerg, Idaho? Do you remember that most members of the Church aren't THAT conservative everywhere else? And it's not a sin to be a liberal. Everything was just so extreme. I guess it's fine to be that way in a book for a 12 year old, but I'm 35 now and while I realize this is a young adult book, maybe you could have given your readers a bit more to think about. (I did, however, like the argument about Intelligent Design using monkeys typing the Gettysburg Address. It made me chuckle, too). The whole story needed to be beefed up and rounded out. Then I could have enjoyed it more.
review 2: 3.5 stars. It's been a while since I've read a Jack Weyland book and I wanted to like this more than I did. Parts of it seemed inconsistent or unrealistic and parts were a bit over-the-top. But I did like the underlying message of standing up for what you believe in and I also liked the way it portrayed Nick and Autumn's growing relationship (that part seemed more realistic than many other books). less

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