On 2001-08-26 , wrote: I read a review about this book and author in Christianity Today, and the review stated that this author takes Christian fiction to a new level because she does not make the Christian characters perfect and the non-Christian characters evil, as is often the case in Christian fiction. I found the book to be very interesting, but I did not appreciate the level of sexual tension that went on throughout the book. While the author did not go into detail about the sex lives of her characters, throughout the book she kept letting you know that Randy and Dave were having sex, and Tony wanted to with Lena, and then Dave did with Lena even though he was living with Randy, and that Sarah and Jacob weren´t having much lately. I thought all of that was a bit much for being considered ´Christian´ fiction. While she seemed to describe a genuine conversion in Randy, I felt she was almost mocking the ´conversion´ of Mamie when she prayed the sinner´s prayer while wondering if the neighbor´s dog was pooping in her yard again. While I´m sure that kind of thing happens, I felt she was poking more fun at the attempt to lead someone to the Lord than to Mamie for being so distracted during such a serious moment. These things caused me some disappointment with a book that received such high reviews here.. And summed up by saying lots of sexual tension. Currently Grace at Bender Springs: A Novel has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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