Twitter summary: Set during California’s gold rush, Michael is drawn to Angel for better or for worse. Spoiler alert – he doesn’t give up / lose faith.
The good: Let me preface with the fact that I am not religious but I decided to read this book anyway (mostly because it has a good ~200,000 number of reviews on Goodreads and 4.5 average rating). It had a decent plot and I enjoyed a couple of the supporting characters, Miriam and Ruthie. I can see the appeal of this book for its story of love, faith and redemption for the target audience. I appreciated how Rivers wrote Angel as a character — her struggles and flaws felt real.
The bad: Ultimately, I was bored. I found it terribly predictable and was not invested in the lead characters because of this. I was hoping for at least one unexpected turn of events.
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