Disappointed in book

The kids and I were about 1/4 of the way through I Coriander (288 pages), Sally Gardner, when I was sad to see the development of one of the main characters in her story.  

I understand that the fairy tale takes place in 17th-Century London, but to paint the only Christian character in the book (at least up until we stopped reading the book) as an uneducated, abusive step-mother is very disappointing.

I was saddened when I read reviews of this book on Christian websites. Not a single reviewer pointed out that in this book, Christ's name is used in vain, Christ is completely misrepresented, and that the only Puritan woman in this story is painted as an evil, wicked woman.  I could write more, but I won't.

Needless to say, we will not be finishing this book and I do not recommend this book to other Christian families who read this blog.