There was something compelling about the basic premise of this story: what would a peaceful people do when apocalyptic events push them to their limits? Told in the form of an Amish man's journal entries, we get a glimpse into the events as they unfold around their community.Admittedly, I felt it was a little too safe but reconciled this with the fact that it is an Amish man who is telling the story. It made sense that he would couch everything in terms of thankfulness and hope. As a general rule I stay away from books like that; I'm not a pessimist, but a realist. A reality where everything is tied up neatly in the end annoys me because that's not how life is. I suppose in that way this book did not disappoint. I closed it in the end feeling OK with how Williams chose to resolve the Amish decision, but unsettled enough to not hate it.
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