Mary P.’s Reviews > The Water Keeper > Status Update

Predictable, shallow plot, interrupted by geography and navigation lessons as well as what sounds like an infomercial for the author’s previous books. Numerous coincidences in the beginning make the story unbelievable. I was disturbed by female characters who cared mostly about whether they would ever be acceptable to men. Surely the pain from sexual abuse is much deeper.

What a slog getting through this book. My first time reading a Charles Martin book. It will be my last.