'Resurrection in May' by Lisa Samson

Being that I've been an on-again, off-again fan of Lisa Samson's for years, I'm sorry to say that her newest book, Resurrection in May, isn't my favorite. While I'm used to her characters being quirky and totally different from folks you meet everyday, there's just too much extreme behavior in this book. The reader is given a nodding acquaintance with genocide, death row, rape, and finally post traumatic stress disorder which torments the main character for a decade. Almost every character experiences tragedy, but to a degree that seems unrealistic.

Just recently I read a book by another author and one review stated that nothing happened in the entire book. There's nothing wrong with that, and I think it's a fine writer who can get their point across without being political or overly dramatic. Samson does both, and really, it's her book and she can. But I just get weary of being drawn into the author's personal agenda tucked into their fiction.

One more thing, I'd be curious as to whether any other readers were reminded of Jan Karon's Father Tim/Uncle Billy with Samson's first leading character, Claudius. I thought he was a cross between both of them.

(This book was provided free to review from BookSneeze/Thomas Nelson.)