Reviews for He's Fine... but Is He Saved?

The average rating for He's Fine... but Is He Saved? based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-03 00:00:00 Janet Kusch I don't know how I stumbled upon this title but when I saw this book cover featuring three physically diverse black women (so rare) and saw that the story featured twenty-something Christian women with varying degrees of faith I had to read it. This marks my first foray into black Christian fiction so I can't compare this title to others within the genre yet but I don't know that I'd compare it to what else I've read in YA fiction either. I've had mixed feelings while I read. It didn't blow me away but I appreciate that the book was written from this POV. A note about the story context. The story world reflects a specific cultural influence which encourages women to be of service to the Church and that a woman's ideal life partner should be the same. This is all good and well, assuming that the community has a good ratio of eligible singles seeking the same. However, in reality the ratio can be dramatically skewed. Given the low proportion of eligible bachelors attending church regularly relative to single ladies, there exists a highly-competitive environment which reduces the likelihood of a woman establishing a healthy relationship, and increases likelihood of simply seeking an end to her single-hood. Also, these same women are discouraged from 'chasing a man' especially unsaved men. Basically just stay single til you win the lotto. Got that? Okay, now cue this story. It's easy to reduce this story to a Tyler Perry style trope where a Strong Female Character (SFC) has a tragic flaw (no self-worth) and enters into a relationship with a selfish man, to her detriment. But in the context described above that is the world in which these three friends live so it makes sense that it's exactly what they tend to do. Cue the disillusionment. Cue the 'I told you so's'. Cue the friendship is magic epiphany and SFC ultimately okay with her life choice. On one hand I see the struggle of making this story appeal to as wide an audience as possible while including elements of black Christian culture that people in the culture can appreciate. But there seems to be no happy medium when it comes to black Christian women realistically developing healthy relationships. I hope to read a story in this genre with a healthy relationship normalized in that context.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-02-13 00:00:00 Michael McLauchlin This book was very relatable the 3 characters Michelle,Liz,&Sandy connect with single Christian women. It displays the different real life experiences single Christian women, and also men go through in the church and outside.As they are faced with different situations the choices they make display their character flaws and weaknesses.Excellent book true page turner.