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Title: disappointing
Review: Writing about a mermaid who became a saint, conducting a assisted suicide in a church with members of the clergy present. What a bunch of junk.For one thing a Saint is someone who points us to heaven. If you are going to take a composite, then take a composite based on someone real. Yes, in the old days, I am sure there were saints that did maim themselves in the name of God, but you need to look into the culture back then. Also a saint is a ordinary person, they are human with all faults. The reason they are a saint is their extraordinary love for God. Making the comparison to the story about a mermaid is disheartending.Second, we live in a culture of death. An idea of a assisted suicide in a church with the clergy present is tasteless.If one is going to write with a religious slant, why would one do it in a derogatory way? Why not use the topics of saints and suffering as a redemptive tool.
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