Summer Reading: Book 1 Thoughts Part 2

I have now finished In His Steps and I'm left with the overall impression that though it was a great story ,but because of the way it was written it was not a great book. There were many parts of the book that the author could have expanded on or added more suspense to to make the book more interesting to the reader. For example in the book after a member of the church decides to take the pledge to do as Jesus would do for a year, her father commits suicide, and her mother dies a few minutes later leaving the two daughters orphaned. The author only wrote a paragraph about the older sister's reaction to the death of her parents and does not at all go into the experience of the younger daughter, which I would have liked to have read more about. I did however like how the author had all the different characters in different situations of life so that all people could relate to at least one character. I am glad I read this book and hope I can apply some of quality's that people showed in this book to my life.