Series ✦ Penny’s Take
The Dakota Series Trilogy
Byler Linda · 2020
78/100
👍 Worth It
Hannah's journey from a lost Lancaster farm to homesteading North Dakota through the Depression is the real deal - Publishers Weekly and Library Journal both singled out Linda Byler for skipping the exaggerated 'Amish accent' shtick and writing characters that actually breathe, and she's writing from inside the Amish church herself. It gets heavy in places, but it earns that weight instead of wallowing in it.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing78
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit72
Human-eye read75
Penny’s verdict78
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