"Whispers of a New Dawn" by Murray Pura

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

The year is 1941 and Jude and Lyyndy, with their adult daughter, Rebecca, are summoned to far-off, exotic Honolulu where Rebecca, a flyer like her father, meets a likeable young pilot. The two enjoy a friendship that seems to be turning into something more serious.....until Sunday, December 7, 1941 dawns on the Hawaiian Islands.

This book can't make up its mind what it wants to be. One minute it seems pro-Amish, the next anti-Amish. It goes back and forth through the whole book like that with little bit of everything thrown in. I have seen the trend this book seems to take more and more in Christian fiction lately--we all serve the same God (or Jesus), just in different ways. That may sound good, but it's totally against what the Bible teaches. It also leads to confusion (of which there's a LOT of in this book when it comes to anything to do with God), and God is not the author of confusion.

I had a hard time liking Becky, the heroine. She's very impulsive, immature and highly selfish a good portion of the time. Unfortunately, I can't really give examples or I'll spoil the book.

Overall, even though this book is listed as "Christian Fiction" and God and the bible are mentioned fairly often, it doesn't feel very christian. Couples are making out all the time, staying out til 4 in the morning at times (this is in the 30's and very early 40's and yet the parents--supposedly christian parents--are totally fine with it?!?), worldly music, dancing boogie woogie, having the boyfriend carry you into the water to get wet and cool so you have an "excuse" for him to hold and cuddle you at night alone on the beach til all hours, rotten attitude to anyone who doesn't agree with you.....the list goes on and on. I was highly disappointed in this book and would not be able to recommend it to anyone.

I was given a free digital copy to read and review by Harvest House Publishers through NetGalley.com. All thoughts and opinions are my own.