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  • 01/2018
  • 978-0999570005
  • 326 pages
  • $12.99
Kristy Burmeister
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Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block
Eighteen-year-old Kristy has a stalker who sits three pews behind her every Sunday morning. She expects her beloved church family to rally around her, but her fundamentalist church council is dismissive. As her stalker’s erratic behavior escalates toward a promised Old Testament-style execution, and church members continue to shelter him, she must make a choice: risk being murdered or leave everything behind to build a new life—and faith—from scratch.
Plot/Idea: 9 out of 10
Originality: 9 out of 10
Prose: 9 out of 10
Character/Execution: 9 out of 10
Overall: 9.00 out of 10

Assessment:

Plot: Praise for Act Normal should include the following: it is so well-paced and plotted that readers may forget that it is not, in fact, a novel.

Prose: The prose is intensely readable—a side effect of the clean, well-constructed sentences from which the author seems incapable of deviating.

Originality: The author's ultimate treatment of her past is a familiar one. However, the content of the story feels new and original.

Character Development: The characters here—primary and secondary—are well crafted, unique, and feel like real people.

Date Submitted: April 23, 2018

Reviews
Amazon Readers

"Vividly written, without ever being condescendingly self-important..." - Jonny, Amazon Review

"This is one of the most honest and gripping stories I have ever read." - Chris, Amazon Review

"Suspenseful and rivoting...I couldn't put it down." - Susan, Amazon Review

"It's witty all throughout, sober when it needs to be, and full of life like very few books I've read." - Daniel, Amazon Review

"In the era of #metoo and perhaps, more importantly, #churchtoo, this book is arriving at just the right time to be heard in our culture." - Billy, Amazon Review

"The story keeps you on the edge of your seat and captivated page after page." - Shadow_Wanderer, Amazon Review

"This is a book for the #metoo and #churchtoo generation. It’s the reality that so many Christians who have grown-up in the Church face, where religion was too often used as a weapon and not enough as a shield." - Zach, Amazon Review

 

Formats
paperback Details
  • 01/2018
  • 978-0999570005
  • 326 pages
  • $12.99
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