Title: All We Ought To Ask
Author: achray
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Hudson, Mary(/John), Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, illness (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But with Sherlock Holmes, reputed to be England's most dangerous religious controversialist, as the local aristocrat, what are his prospects of success?
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This leaves me kind of unsure of what to write.
I like the idea, I love the characters, I adore the Johnlock interactions.
Yet I do not approve of the way religious topics are dealt with. To me, a book is not supposed to judge - only characters may judge. To me, the author's influence is way too big, and the writer's kind of judgemental and doesn't leave enough room for doubt. A book may never attack a person's own beliefs. It should enrich the audience and show new ways of thinking but never close existing pathways. That's the problem I see here.
But don't get me wrong; this does not mean I didn't enjoy it. The writing's very good - I just fear that some people might be offended by the depiction of religion in here.
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