One of our favorite sealer couples that we've met in the St. George Temple is Chrise and Bret Smith. We love their spirit and humor and enjoy serving with them and talking with them. The women were talking about books one day on our shift, and Charise mentioned that Bret really liked this series. She had learned a lot about it from him, and she thought I would like it as well.
Well, it's an interesting book, with an interesting subject: our premortal life. I enjoyed the imaginative descriptions of life before this one, but found the characters and the setting rather shallow and unbelievable. I think the life before this one did require choices and growth and sacrifices, but this version was a little too black and white. And the description of Lucifer was too obviously evil. No one would follow someone like that. I believe he was, even then, more subtle. Maybe I'm missing out, but that's what I think. Charise said the rest of the series is really good, and reveals a lot about the deceptions going on all around us politically. She and Bret give a lot of credence to the author's military background. I'm not sure I'll continue...if I see another one in the series for a dollar at the D.I., then maybe I will. Otherwise, I'm done.
This kind of writing is unfortunate in the LDS culture; oversimplified, and over-glorified and flat characters. I find this kind of writing almost insulting. But that's just me...I need to read things that build my faith, not make me feel critical of shallow, black/white thinkers.
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