Fool Me Twice

I realized, a little too late, that I had listened to another book by this author before. And I had exactly the same experience. The synopsis mentioned nothing of the major overarching Christian themes. I was NOT expecting to be proselytized to. And boy, was I. Lots of wishy-washy, gentle, non-denominational Protestant preaching. Lots of promoting of "traditional" gender roles/romantic relationships, whilst paying lip service to women's empowerment. It was kind of awkward. I was expecting a supernatural mystery spanning a couple of time periods, with a mental institution. Which I sort of got, i guess, but...
The secular parts of the story/the mystery were actually kind of interesting and relatively well written. The mystery itself was fun. But the characters (particularly those in the present-set parts) were comically unlikable and acted in incredibly improbable ways, especially in their interpersonal relationships. The present-day main character was chronically incapable of reading a room. I felt so much secondary embarrassment. So much. And yet, I felt sorry for her, because we were supposed to see her as a prodigal daughter, but unlike the proverbial son, her family actually was awful.
Yeah, basically, not terrible, but know going in that it's Christian fiction.

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