" 2 1/2 stars? I liked it in spite of myself. I had just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, which is so well written, and here I was with "tremulous chins" and jaw muscles twitching. But the story is sweeping and carries you along, you never know what is going to happen next, and the author either got better at characterization or my senses were dulled and I stopped cringing quite so often. The research seems solid in comparison with other books of the time period. It is Christian through and through--thought-provoking and interesting. "
— Vilo, 1/14/2014