Not Guilty by Teresa Pollard and Candi Pullen is about a
young girl whose life is changed forever one afternoon. Carrie Shepherd has
everything going for her. She is engaged to a wonderful, godly man; she is in
her last year of college and has a wonderful family life. Everything changes
one afternoon when on her walk home from school, she is raped by a masked man. As
Carrie tries to put the pieces of her life back together, she slowly realizes
that she cannot get through this alone and that she needs to rely on God and
her family to help carry her through this difficult time.
This book was a lot more difficult to read in the beginning
than I thought it would. While it doesn’t go into any details about the rape,
it really delved into the emotions that Carrie was having during and after the
rape. I would definitely recommend an older audience for this book, just
because it can have a great emotional impact.
The story was compelling, but I do believe it is a best case
scenario. Some of the dialogue and parts of the story were not really
believable in the real world. It would be wonderful if someone could go through
a horrible ordeal and then have everything work out wonderfully in the end, but
that’s not normally how things work. It is a great story illustrating how
relying on God and family can get you through any circumstances, I just kind of
wish it was a little more realistic. The dialogue in some parts seemed a little
too scripted as well. It just didn’t always flow from one thought to the next. This
was a nice story illustrating the power of God’s healing and forgiveness and I
would definitely recommend it.
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