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Summary: Mormon propaganda
Review: This book promised far more than it was able to deliver. What started as a beautifully phrased story of a woman's journey to discover herself swiftly descended through thinly veiled religious allegory, a la "Pilgrim's Progress," to out and out homily. Ms. Perry's lovely phrasing was soon lost in repititious plot developement and pedantic moralizing. If you are looking for a moving story of one woman's struggle to overcome the many obstacles facing her, you won't find it here, at least, not after the first 75 pages or so. After that, you become numbed to Tathea's plight and frustrated by the shallow allegory. The many characters often become far more idealized than is comfortable and the insistence upon growth through pain soon dulls any sympathy the reader might otherwise feel. I find it ironic that in several telling scenes, Ms. Perry talks about the insubstantiality of drama without realization of humanity, drama which embodies only the ideals of a specific group or culture. Perhaps if she had followed her own advice, this would be a novel worth reading.
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Summary: Reading it changed my life...
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read! We need more books like Tathea that have real substance and that cause us to think.Tathea said that the truth she brought would be a sword that would divide people. In reading the reviews on Tathea they also seem to be fairly evenly divided. I wonder if this reflects how people respond to the message of this book! I highly recommend it!
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