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* AuthorAppeal: The author is a Protestant Christian, and the series is published by a Christian publishing house. Invariably, the “good” characters come to espouse a distinctly Evangelical (rather than Amish) faith, while the ones who do not are presented as stubborn and misguided.
* CaptainObviousReveal: Many of the twists can be this for savvy readers.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The Masts have [[spoiler: a stillborn baby on the same day that Sadie gives birth, giving Dr. Schwartz an opportunity to switch the babies.]] Ain’t that convenient.
* InformedAttribute: Everyone, given Lewis’ tendency to tell rather than show. Mary Ruth is talkative, Hannah is shy, Leah was a tomboy…but we have only the author’s word for those attributes rather than memorable, illustrative scenes.
* TheGenericGuy: Jonas Mast is a woodworker. Gid Peachey is a smith. And…that’s about all that can be said of them.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Almost every problem in the series could be resolved if the characters just ‘’talked’’ to each other. If Sadie told her family she was pregnant…if Jonas directly asked Leah how she felt about Gid (instead of taking hearsay as evidence)...If Dr. Schwartz told Sadie her baby wasn’t stillborn…etc., etc.
* StupidSacrifice: Leah’s decision to [[spoiler: break off her engagement in order to raise her siblings – when her father is still alive, her fiancé lives next door, and her house is full of loving relatives – ]]can come across as this.
* After Mary Ruth’s [[HeelFaithTurn heel-faith turn]], she turns into either [[TheSoulSaver the soul saver]] or [[TheFundamentalist the fundamentalist]], depending on whether you agree with her. It’s mentioned that her constant talk of religion makes her twin sister anxious, and eventually gets her banned from the house. It’s also mentioned, however, that her sister is wrong to feel that way, and that her family’s wrong in distancing themselves from Mary Ruth.
* CaptainObviousReveal: Many of the twists can be this for savvy readers.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The Masts have [[spoiler: a stillborn baby on the same day that Sadie gives birth, giving Dr. Schwartz an opportunity to switch the babies.]] Ain’t that convenient.
* InformedAttribute: Everyone, given Lewis’ tendency to tell rather than show. Mary Ruth is talkative, Hannah is shy, Leah was a tomboy…but we have only the author’s word for those attributes rather than memorable, illustrative scenes.
* TheGenericGuy: Jonas Mast is a woodworker. Gid Peachey is a smith. And…that’s about all that can be said of them.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Almost every problem in the series could be resolved if the characters just ‘’talked’’ to each other. If Sadie told her family she was pregnant…if Jonas directly asked Leah how she felt about Gid (instead of taking hearsay as evidence)...If Dr. Schwartz told Sadie her baby wasn’t stillborn…etc., etc.
* StupidSacrifice: Leah’s decision to [[spoiler: break off her engagement in order to raise her siblings – when her father is still alive, her fiancé lives next door, and her house is full of loving relatives – ]]can come across as this.
* After Mary Ruth’s [[HeelFaithTurn heel-faith turn]], she turns into either [[TheSoulSaver the soul saver]] or [[TheFundamentalist the fundamentalist]], depending on whether you agree with her. It’s mentioned that her constant talk of religion makes her twin sister anxious, and eventually gets her banned from the house. It’s also mentioned, however, that her sister is wrong to feel that way, and that her family’s wrong in distancing themselves from Mary Ruth.
