Songbird Under a German Moon

Oh, Christian fiction, how bittersweet the genre is; if we were going off of book cover appearances, this book would have been perfect for me: WWII era, faith-based, I do not know how to go beyond that. May it also be a lesson for everyone, including myself, that literally do not judge a book by its cover.

The word that comes to mind for me is “campy”. It was a feel good mystery like Nancy Drew where God gives them the courage to hunt for the truth. It was a very predictable read; my husband and I became very good at guessing what would happen next.

I do not want to totally rip this book apart, because different strokes different folks, I am only saying that clearly this was a letdown for me. For me this is just another example of Christian fiction that is not relevant to readers right now. My prophetic art mentor and I were discussing that recently how Christian fiction always follows the same formula with making it really blatant that the character/s love Jesus. I had read a few years ago the same thing was happening with LGBTQ+ fiction. Why does it need to be mentioned in every narration, or internal dialogue, that the character/s are a certain characteristic? Yes, that is their identity, but why not have their actions reinforce that? Is it because of the excuse that you are reading it rather than seeing it; well, if it was a good work where the reader is able to visualize the world created for the book, should there not be that excuse? The things character/s do should be enough for readers to come to that conclusion without saying it overabundantly.

Sorry; rant over.

As we can tell, I will not be reading this again. I would recommend this for people who strictly read Christian fiction. That is their jam, and who am I to take away the peanut butter? I appreciate when characters are go-getters because that is the kind of person I am, so it is nice to relate. It was nicely written with a good story, but it felt like there should have been more to it. Maybe just being a short read was the intent, I do not know.

If this is a book you would like to pursue, you will find it here.

6/10