The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri ReynoldsMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'm becoming quite a fan of Sheri Reynolds. This is the second novel of hers (I read The Sweet In Between in December) that I have read and I love that her books center on very heavy issues while keeping an enrapturing flow of innocence -- mostly due to the first person narratives of the teenage protagonists. Reynolds never veers off the subject nor does she get repetitive or provide too much exposition. She provides the reader with fabulous and disturbing images -- building up to the eventual climax. In 'The Rapture of Canaan', she creates a religious commune that is so realistic and terrifying, a world that most likely *does* exist somewhere in America. But religion aside, assimilation with society, beliefs that are forced upon children by their parents, and coming of age are topics that are relevant to everyone, and *that* is what makes this book so powerful.
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