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Here Burns My Candle (2010)

by Liz Curtis Higgs(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1400070015 (ISBN13: 9781400070015)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

WaterBrook Press

series

Here Burns My Candle

review 1: Ugh. This book drrraaaaagggggeeeeddd on forever. It was recommended to me and I was excited to read it. But I had such a hard time getting through it. I looked at other reviews and most people said you have to get halfway through it when it picks up. Then I read that it is a retelling of the Biblical story of Ruth so I knew where it was going. I'm sorry, I love the story of Ruth but I couldn't keep reading hoping for it to get better. I gave up reading early on. Take that how you will.
review 2: Saw this as a recommendation for good historical fiction on a local tv show, so I gave it a try. For the most part I enjoyed it. It is an interesting interpretation of the story of Ruth from the Bible set in 18th century Scotland. Maybe listening to the Scottish dia... morelect would have been more fun than reading it. I knew there was a second book, but didn't realize that this 450 page book only encompassed the first 18 verses of chapter one of the book of Ruth. My biggest complaint was the pacing. It was kind of slow for me, but I made it through - lots of short chapters made it easy to pick up several times during the day. Having said that, it did deal with some serious issues (adultery, violence, etc.) without being vulgar or gratuitous and I really appreciated that. less

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