Off the trip topic for a moment . . .

I read a book while I was on vacation and it was touted to be a beautiful story of true love and tough decisions. Okay, I was up to a book with something solid and worthwhile in it. First of all, the book was written in a rather erratic way with things being related in a very undate worthy order. I like a beginning, progression, and satisfying ending.

Anyway, the main premise of the book was that next-door neighbors meet, fall in love, and marry. What bothered me is that the female already had a live-in boyfriend but still went out with this other 'gentleman' without much of a qualm. Sure, she didn't INTEND to get involved because she was so much in LOVE with her live-in boyfriend . . . but she did and then was constantly bemoaning the fact that she didn't know if she loved the new guy 'as much' as she loved her long-time boyfriend. This was only the first half of the book and the ending was somewhat more satisfying . . . if one could get over the broken commandments and immorality.

It really made me sad that the author was probably very serious in bringing forth a book of sweetness, emotions, and the changes in life and perspectives. I had to wonder if he lacked enough writing skills to present a book incorporating all this but with a moral backbone. What could be poignant and sweet about the heroine sleeping with a guy she hardly knew when she was still involved with her boyfriend and being intimate with him? What about either of the guys once they find out she is sharing her lack of virtue with both of them?

Life, these days, is dictated more with emotions than thought processes. Once you employ physical chemistry, you aren't likely to employ common sense. Very sad there are so few authors who don't take a stand in favor of moral relationships and seem to truly believe that immorality is the constant way of the world. Okay, immorality does seem to be the majority vote but how refreshing it would be if more author would have the gumption to take the moral highroad and instill something of value in their readers.