The heroine continues to be little miss perfect, perfectly kind, perfectly selfless, perfectly in tune with God. She can grate a bit, what with the constant spouting of biblical truths and constantly correcting her non-believing adorers "It's all God! It's God's will! etc etc". I believe all this stuff, and it's still a drag for me to read it. But all the non-believers were quite well fleshed out and realistic in their attempts to understand and navigate around/for/against the heroine's preaching. The pacing is slow and gradual, but it makes the characters' experiences all the more believable and immersive. I will admit I squeezed a few tears out at certain points, and by the middle to end, I was chasing the story to squeeze as much of the book into my day (and night) as possible.