I've read several reviews of this book that expressed the disappointment and disapproval of Karen Kingsbury promoting women staying with cheating husbands. I do not believe the author was saying that you have a Biblical responsibility to stay with a spouse who has cheated - because you don't. Adultery is a biblically justified reason for divorce. The main character in this story, Kari, deeply believed that God wanted her to stay with her husband and resolve the problems they had, and there is ab...

This was beautiful.This is not a book praising or normalizing cheating and staying with an unfaithful partner in a Christian marriage. Kari even says that adultery gives her a Biblical reason to divorce her husband.The writing was lovely. I'm excited to read more about the Baxter family. Their faith was so comforting to read about, and I loved the diversity of their family. Several children strayed from their family's faith, and I can't wait to see their stories.I don't think the inclusion of Ry...

This is not my first time reading REDEMPTION from the Karen Kingsbury Redemption series. I had read the first three books in the series when they first came out, but then I got out of step. I continued to purchase all the books in the set and the series’ that followed, but always felt I needed to go back to the beginning and re-read before I continued on into the other series that dovetail off of this one. So, between my other scheduled readings, I have committed to get up to speed on the multip...

I can honestly say, I am not someone who pushes faith on anyone - I know I am a Christian; however I don't read the Bible religiously; I don't attend church faithfully and I don't pray on a daily basis. With that being said - anyone who is familir with the works of Karen Kingsbury knows she is a Christian writer and her writing incorporates versus from the Bible and includes a deep faith in Family, Love, Prayer and most importantly - God. I belive in all of that - however I don't act on it openl...

he best TV shows are the ones that end with you wanting to know what happens next. The ones that you season pass on your TiVo because you don't want to miss any part of the storyline. The ones where each episode leads into the next and is connected to all of the ones that came before it. Those are my favorite kind of shows.So it's no surprise, I'm a sucker for any books that are part of a series. I love that by the end of a good series each of the characters is developed so thoroughly that I fee...

I'm giving it 50 pages... which corresponds exactly to the first four chapters. If I don't like it by then, I will abandon yet another book and add to my arsenal of thoughts about why I don't like fiction.Wish me luck.UPDATE: I'm 140 pages into this book which was described to me as "life-changing." So far, I give it an emphatic "eh." I've already read phrases like "hit him like a Mack truck," and "deeper than a canyon." I've already read through scenes containing the exaggerated speech of a dru...

As I made my way through the cheaters’ contrition tour, Amazon’s cross-selling carousel (“Customers who bought this item also bought”) exposed me to indie and fringe titles I would not normally encounter, including two works of Christian/inspirational fiction. The tour was all about examining a broad spectrum of representations of cheating in romance (and quasi-romance) fiction, so I decided this was a valid and relevant perspective to read. Let's start with a pop-up review of the first inspy ch...

I won't read this because not even my faith will convince me cheaters deserve a second chance but I've gotta say I love the fact that the husband dies 😂 morbid yes...... But I don't even care. To the lovely individual who recommended this book to me, guaranteeing me I'd absolutely love it.....you've been blocked and deleted for even DARING to rec me a book with cheating while claiming to love my reviews! May you burn your ham this Christmas(not if you have kids though)😂😂😂😂😂

I think a lot of people rate this book for the message it gives: Love is a DecisionIf my opinion would have been based solely on this I would also give it five stars, Karen truly brought the theme through beautifully.But I don't just read for a theme or a messages, I want an intriguing plot and full well developed characters. I want a clear line between whose point of view I'm reading.For me this was the biggest issue, there were so many characters that sounded the same, that felt the exact same...

If you like bible verses mixed into a sappy romance novel, then this is the book for you. An acquaintance recommended it to me because it takes place in Bloomington, Ind., where we both had lived, and she loved the book. Although it did hold my attention, I'm far too cynical to appreciate the goodness of the lead character, and I couldn't help rolling my eyes as scripture constantly popped into the characters' heads to motivate or justify their actions. I also had a hard time accepting that the

I kept having to force myself to keep reading. It is a story that was obviously hung upon the co-authors' idea of Biblical marriage which is shaky at best. I can put up with a half-hearted, unbelievable story with flat characters, but completely ignoring advice from the apostle Paul about marriage (he said if your unbelieving spouse wants a divorce you should let them in 1 Cor 7:15) and not even addressing the issue of the Baxter family's underlying dysfunctional relationships was too much for m...

I reviewed this book several years ago, so this is a reread review.  I can tell you that my thoughts then were high on this book and not much has changed through the years. Mrs. Kingsbury's books were introduced to me by my mother many years ago, and I was hooked. Redemption was one of the first Kingsbury books that I read, and it is one of my favorites. I was instantly hooked on it the first time I read it, and the reread was no different. Whenever I find myself in a book funk, or I suffer a tr...

Karen Kingsbury leads you on a emotional roller coaster in the story of Redemption. Personally this one was extremity painful. I don't mean in a negative way but it felt so real and relative that my heart hurt from beginning to end. My favourite elements to this story are: 1. while there are main characters it's not written from one or two characters POV. Each of the lives of the Baxter family and their nearest & dearest were explored individually. Some more than others. 2. The Word of God infor...

What I see is that there are a lot of people using God's name to justify their shit. This author should be ashamed for writing such bullshit.