I thought this book had an incredible story line and above average character development. I am staunchly pro-life and so completely appreciated the books position. I am however not too fond of fiction that has undertones. This book is just that. There is a lot of preachy sections and though I think all of it is true and worthwhile I don't think a novel is the place for it. I don't think that someone who is looking for or in need of encouragement to make a pro-life decision is going to look in a novel and if they happen to I don't think they'd take it that seriously, since it would be QUITE ridiculous to site sources in the text. For this reason a lot of the preachy sections just come across as over the top and condescending toward someone who might not be pro-life. I hope that it encourages some but for me it is just not what I want in a novel.