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Review title: LDS Genre needs a real writer.
Product review: Dean Hughes is an OK writer - not a person with literary talent. I find this to be typical of the LDS genre. Just as in the Work and The Glory series by Gerald Lund I found this to be shallow, simple, and full of stereotypes. Where are the original characters - ones that we cheer for, or hate, or even cry for? They are non-existent in LDS literature, and the same can be said for this book.These authors of LDS fiction obviously know their market and their work will be sold because of the Deseret Book faithful. If they were to try and branch out more of thier work, it would not be picked up by a main stream publisher. We can only hope one day that a great author will start to write some truly great LDS fiction.
