"The Not-So-Civil War" by Emily Thomas

About this book:

  “A Civil War reenactment group has turned Blue Hill's park into a historic battlefield, but there's a battle of a different type brewing after a precious heirloom goes missing. Elderly sisters Nellie Brown and Betty Warring share a home and the biographies they regularly check out from the library, but when an antique dueling pistol awarded to their ancestor during the Civil War disappears, the siblings turn against each other. It's up to Anne to find out what happened to the valuable pistol and mend their relationship.

   Meanwhile, Anne, Ben, and Liddie befriend a family participating in the reenactment, but suspicions regarding the missing pistol might ruin their new friendship before it even begins.”

Series: Book #23 in the “Secrets of the Blue Hilly Library” series. Reviews of #1 Here, #2 Here, #3 Here, #4 Here, #5 Here, #6 Here, #7 Here, #8 Here, #9 Here, #10 Here, #11 Here, #12 Here, #13 Here, #14 Here, #15 Here, #16 Here, #17 Here, #18 Here, #19 Here, #20 Here, #21 Here, and #22 Here.

Spiritual Content- Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, services, sermons, hymns, & chaplains/reverends/pastors; A couple mentions of being blessed; A mention of Sunday School.

 

 

Negative Content- A bit of eye rolling; All about many mentions of the Civil War, fighting, & battles; Mentions of slavery, slaves, & running away from a plantation owner; Mentions of a stolen pistol, weapons, stealing, & thieves/criminals; A couple mentions of lies & lying; A couple mentions of jealousy; A mention of a homicidal maniac; A mention of a cat burglar; 

             *Note: Mentions of a child seeing African-American people for the first time (Anne explains to Liddie that their ancestors originally came from Africa); A boy thinks his dad could be arrested by the police for stealing something because his dad was near the place and says it’s because they’re black (his father and other adults say that’s not the case); Mentions of historical figures & painters; Mentions of books, authors, a movie (The Lion King), & a TV show (Law and Order); A couple mentions of car brands. 

 

 

Sexual Content- A mention of a romance novel.

 

-Anne Gibson

                                P.O.V. of Anne

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My personal Rating-

Overall this is a clean story, like all the other Guidepost mysteries I’ve reviewed, but the mystery of this book didn’t really interest me, so I had a harder time keeping my attention on it.

 

 

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*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.