Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Subtle as a Neon Sign

I don't think Kathleen Morgan gave her readers credit for much intelligence at all. We weren't allowed to draw any conclusions, but were beat over the head with everything. Including the heavy-handed religious messages. She even had to add an epilogue with the main character writing to a friend about how she had learned and changed over the course of the book. Uhh...we got it already. Several times.I agree with other reviewers that sometimes characters did things quite out of character. I cringed when (brave, strong, manly) Connor sent his farmhands into the burning building to rescue Abby's stuff, instead of going in himself. And poor Beth just disappeared from the story as soon as she abruptly stopped resisting Abbey.Many of the plot elements seemed contrived.And it was very preachy.The premise was interesting, and some of the scenes were quite good. I like the historical details.If you want more subtle Christian historical frontier reading, I'd recommend Janette Oke.