On the Run

I overall enjoyed it. It felt like peak 90s LDS romance fiction.

I liked the theme of coming to understand racist attitudes as a white man because that's where I'm at. But I didn't love that he ends up with just another white girl. There were no barriers actually crossed. All throughout he directly compares her to Lamanites, and that feels weird and antiquated to me today. It also felt like her decision to be baptized was rushed and white savior complexy. But her conversion was genuine.

I liked that the main plot point of being in danger of losing their lives was only the first little less than two thirds of the book and they weren't happily ever after by the end of that. Relationships are hard and I think they are way more interesting to read about when things don't end with a tidy wrap up.