Again, a book I really loved...going along for the ride, enjoying the scenery, learning something new at every lookout point. Then alas, motion sickness set in and ruined the journey for me. In the case with this book, and again I would have given it 3.5 stars if I could, the last quarter of this book felt too preachy and unrealistic. After that harrowing missionary nightmare, the rest of the book kind of fell flat. I basically quit caring about the characters and that's a shame. All of my favorite books have me wondering at the end, "And then what happened?" But this book left me going, "Whatever." Too bad. It deserved a better ending IMHO.