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[Bu inceleme İleri Okuma Kopyası'na dayanmaktadır] San Francisco Başpiskoposu tarihi St. Brigid Kilisesi'ni kapatmayı planladığını duyurduğunda, cemaatler başlangıçta sersemler. Fakat hızla kiliselerini savunmak için yürürler, bu da ABD'deki en uzun süren pariş protestosu haline gelmek için sürecek bir kavga. Bu, bu cemaatin ve cemaat kiliselerini kurtarmaya adanmış cemaatlerin hikayesi. Savaşları onları Vatikan'a, belediye binasına ve eyalet başkentine götürürken, Katolik Kilisesi kendisini aynı anda ortaya çıkan cinsel istismar skandalının kaosuna daldı. Brigid'i Kurtarmak Komitesi üyeleri, uzun mücadeleleriyle kendilerini ve inançlarını daha derinden ve güçlü bir şekilde anlamaya geliyorlar ve sonunda kilise binasının hissedebileceği kadar önemli bir cemaatin gerçek gücünün insanlar olduğunu öğreniyorlar. bucak bedenini oluşturan Bazıları bu kitabı Archdiocese'ye karşı ağır önyargılı olarak düşünürken, kitap genellikle iyi yazılmış ve St. Brigid'i kurtarmak için mücadele edenlerin motivasyonlarına ve inançlarına oldukça samimi bir bakış sunuyor. Kilise liderliğinin direnişi ve kiliseyi saran artan cinsel istismar skandalı karşısında bile, bu insanların inancının çatışmada nasıl büyüdüğünü göstermede özellikle güçlüdür. Tüm hayal kırıklıkları ve hayal kırıklığı ile bu insanların Kilisede hala tutmaya ve savaşmaya değer bir şey buldukları açıktır. Hedeflerine ulaşmada büyük ölçüde başarısız olmaları, mutlaka başarısız oldukları anlamına gelmez.

This was one of the few books that I wanted to re-read as soon as I'd finished. The depth of the plotting and scheming was great and I really just found the entire world to be FUN to journey through. There are so many great characters in this series and, for the most part, there isn't a single POV that I didn't enjoy reading about. Oh, and (spoiler warning).... .... I refuse to believe that Eddard Stark is dead. Absolutely refuse to believe it.

I should start off by saying that this book is a romance really. I thought it would be, but I was looking for something distracting to read that I didn't have to put a lot of thought into. This is the story of Jemima Jones, who writes a tips column for a tiny newspaper in London. She has a huge crush on the hot guy at work who barely notices her, is overlooked at work, doesn't have any friends and lives with two dumb but attractive girls who don't care much about her all because she is fat. Well, she suddenly decides to start working out and eating right, because that's so easy to do, and drops tons of weight. Now she suddenly looks like a model and is going to California to meet some dream guy she met online. Of course her dream life is all going to fall magically in place. The back cover of the book lets you know that you wouldn't see the surprise ending coming. I saw it coming. My ten year old daughter, who I caught reading the back cover, saw it coming. **SPOILER ALERT** The dream guy in California is flawed. Shocker. And she ends up happily with the guy she was in love with before she went to California. Gasp! Not the surprise that I was promised, but it was the distracting piece of fluff that I needed.

** spoiler alert ** The main reason that drove me to purchase this book was that I’m a HUGE fan of the Pretty Little Liars television series. I have never read a Sara Shepard book before; I plan to start her PLL series somewhere in the near future. … THINGS I LIKED: The Cover: it’s cute, attractive, and stands out. It definitely catches your eye. The Suspense: The plot is captivating. It moves quickly, and the mystery is intoxicating to the point of no return. The sense of danger is real. No character is safe, and everyone is considered a suspect. … THINGS THAT BUGGED ME: The Prose: Shepard’s writing style was a bit hard to get into initially. I found myself a bit confused when she switched narratives between Emma and Sutton. It took me forever to get through this book. In all truth, this book was an easy read, and I’m not sure if my initial difficulties stemmed from the fact that I’ve never read anything written in this style before, but the prose caused me to put the book away for a while. I eventually went back to it, and it wasn’t until I was 100 pages in, that I was finally able to get a comfortable feel for Shepard’s prose. Character Introductions: I did not like the way Shepard introduced her characters. There basically was no introduction, it felt like characters just strutted into a scene without warning, and we were expected to know who they were, based solely upon little captions on Sutton’s facebook page - which Emma read prior to her prison sentence into the devious life that is Sutton Mercer. Sutton’s Ghostly Presence: What was the point of having Sutton hover around? She contributed nothing to the plot. Her GhostlySelf knew as much as Emma did about her. And when she did have memories, they turned out to be absolutely useless aka Sutton’s kidnapping = the snuff film; what we learned from Sutton, we also had it regurgitated to us by the other characters in latter parts of the novel. Therefore, Sutton’s ghostly presence was pointless. Emma's Trust In Ethan: I get that the boy is hott. And yes, I do love the character – he’s the only character I can stand, and that says a lot, because Ethan’s scenes in the book are very limited, but Emma knows as much about Ethan as she does about Sutton, which = not a lot. For all we know, Ethan could be Sutton’s killer. Her blind faith left me shaking my head. She’s known Ethan, what? 2 weeks. Really Emma? Really? I had so much hope for her, but it seems like the girl is constantly referring to her ‘stupid girl handbook’. The Suckish Portrayal Of Foster Parents: Being a foster kid isn’t always so bad, but you wouldn’t know it from reading this book. Every family Emma lived with seemed horrible, and I get that we’re suppose to feel sorry for the main character, but the unrealistic portrayal of the system just rubbed me the wrong way. The Eerie Similarities Between PLL & TLG: * Murder Mystery *Sutton and Allison are basically carbon copies of each other. * The use of twins * Sutton and Allison’s lingering presence in their respective book series - despite the fact that they’re both dead. * Sutton’s crew and The Liars have both done questionable things. * Anonymous stalker that terrorizes. * Anonymous event that the characters vaguely talk about Eg: “That Night” VS “The Jenna Thing” … MY PREDICTION: Charlotte’s dad is Sutton’s killer and Emma’s stalker. Their first meeting way back at the beginning of the book was made of 100% pure sketchiness. Part of me thinks this book will pull a Veronica Mars and reveal that Sutton was in a secret relationship with Mr. Chamberlain, either that, or Mr. Chamberlain was obsessed with Sutton and she rebuffed him. OR Something bigger is going on. What happened “that night” - was everyone talking about the snuff film? And what happened to Louisa (Garrett’s sister), Nisha’s mom, and Thayer - are their deaths/disappearances all related? And what exactly did Sutton do to Thayer? … So, will I be reading the next book? Absolutely. And this has nothing to do with my imagined OCD to stick out book series despite how badly they’re written. The Lying Game was intriguing, and I’m completely hooked. I am determined to see this series through and I always enjoy a good mystery. My only wish is that Shepard does not disappoint.