Reviews for Leota's Garden

The average rating for Leota's Garden based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-31 00:00:00 Jan Vagts I find myself faced with trepidation when writing a review of Leota's Garden. A little info on my perspective may be helpful. I am a public librarian--I read a ton, and a mammoth variety. I even do some reading because I "should"....some of you librarians in the crowd know what I am saying. I feel a need to be well-read and to have a basic knowledge of most genres. While I dig a ton of different types of books, genres and information, of course, I do have my favorites. And I certainly am not afraid to read things that may offend gentler sensibilities, although another, defininig aspect of my life is that I am Jesus loving freak . Do what you want with that. Yup, I love Jesus. Some of you are moaning now. But, do let's TRY to be friends. ;-) Anyway, here's my deal. I think a lot of Christian fiction is heavily LADEN with mediocrity, and it pains me to say and think so. It makes me groan with its cheesy and/or pollyanna factor, and I'm even on the same team!! (That's not to say there are not some gems. There certainly are). Some of it would not even come close to appealing to a non-believer....a much smaller portion may. Leota's Garden definitely falls in the former. I think it has some strong points -- the storyline is appealing, and you wonder how things ultimately are going to work out. And, to the author's credit, she does not tie things up all smooth and nice like one may expect. I often felt throughout that yes, there was a Velveeta factor; and yet, I was eager to get back to the book and see what was happening next. I don't know --- I want to like it (I enjoyed Redeeming Love by Rivers!), but I don't think it's great. :-( If you like Christian fiction AND you're a woman....you're already familiar with Rivers as she is wildy popular and prolific, so it's probably redudant to say you very well may like it.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-03 00:00:00 Danielle Fesenmyer All important things happened in a garden First Sentence: CORBAN SOLSEK'S HEART DROPPED AND HIS STOMACH CLENCHED tight when he saw the B on his sociology proposal. All the emotional turmoil is so accurately portrayed, you can't help to think of Leota, Annie, Corban and Nora as people you know. After all these years this re-read was so worth it. I got so much more out of the book this time around. Rivers truly have a God-given talent.