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The books Agatha Christie published under her pseudonym, Mary Westmacott, are very different from her mysteries. In The Burden, she tells the story of Laura Franklin and her complicated relationship with her younger sister, Shirley. The story opens when Laura is just a child and spans decades in the lives of these two women, chronicling their relationships along the way.

As is typical of Christie, the writing is fantastic. However, I could connect to any of the characters in the story and found them to be flatter than I would have expected. There was also a very skewed view of Christianity throughout the story, from the viewpoint of multiple characters. I had a glimmer of hope towards the end, but even a character who was once a prominent evangelist did not proclaim the true Gospel, but rather diminished the sacrifice of Christ by replacing it with a humanity-centric message.

I don't expect to see the Gospel in secular fiction by any means, but if this content is to be included, I would hope it would be accurate and point readers to Christ instead of themselves.

Format: Physical Book, Owned
Rating: 3 stars
Book 52 of 2024