At first, I did not like these series of books. I did not like the idea that
people believed they were reading authentic Church history, but now that I have
taken a few Church History courses at BYU, I find that I enjoy these books so
much more. Of course, they are not authentic Church History, but the story has
a lot of truth to it. I was so impressed by his fourth book, which details
the immigration of English Saints. My main research topic for a church history
class revealed many of the same stories from the book that I remembered reading
in various historical journals. I did not like the fifth book, because
there is a crippled girl who gets married, which though I thought it was quite
romantic, it was truly unrealistic! This caused me personal grief, as
I cried for days. My mother suggested that I write a letter to Gerald Lund,
expressing my disappointment in his unrealistic treatment of a handicapped girl
getting married, but I never wrote the letter. I was going through a rough period
at that time. I could go on and on about all the different things I learned
from these books, not only concerning my own religions beliefs, but about our
relationship with other religions. I could tell you about all of the inspirational
epiphanies I had concerning my life while reading these books, but there
are some things which are just too personal, and too sacred to mention. All
I can say is that it is quite a remarkable books! :-)
