Although I like suspense, action, and books about war I have read a few "Christian" books recently that I feel have too much violence in them such as The Pawn, by Steven James. He opens the book with a gruesome murder which I felt could have been described in far less detail. I know there is evil in the world but an intimate understanding of it is not necessary especially, in "Christian" fiction. For once we get it into our minds it is something that one cannot remove.
When reading a book or watching a movie I think one needs to determine if things such as violence are not gratuitous but only what is necessary to get the point across. I much prefer Agatha Christie and many her contemporary authors way of dealing with evil. The focus of the story would be on solving the crime and not how it was committed. I believe that we do have to be able to recognize evil but we do not have to experience it ourselves. Just like Adam and Eve in the garden where the devil tempted them to eat of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. Choosing to allow evil in our mind shows that we do not trust God to know what is good for us. We believe that we should have choice to decide.
On a much lighter note I would recommend The Matchmaker series by Kaye Dacus. It is cute chick-lit that focus's three friends and their grandparents search for their perfect match. There is one interesting note in the second book in the series The Art of Romance which has one of the main characters wondering about how the Roman Catholic Church would allow nudity in the paintings of artists such as Titian. I guess they are not familiar with Theology of the Body
Have a good read, Nina
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