It seems that with this book most people either love or hate it. Unfortunately, I didn't love or hate it. Strictly looking at the narrative, there were some very good qualities, and some very bad ones. Someone told me that the reason I didn't love it was because I did not understand it, and therefor...
I had to read The Shack because it was selected for my book club. I would never have chosen to read it on my own and I expected to totally hate it. Because I didn't hate it and because I found the ending moving, I am giving it three stars although it is poorly edited and contains sentence structure ...
I think I would have enjoyed the theology of this book more if the main character had been less dense. And, the reverse of that, his revelations seemed, at times, almost too easy. He was really just a puppet for the espousal of doctrine. And to that end, I felt preached at, even if I'm a member o...
I bought this for my brother for jultid with a view to reading it first (we all read book pressies before passing them on) and I got to page 121 and really could go no further. Try try try - nope!I understand this is somewhere near the 'top of the pops' in the book world at the moment and I am sure ...
I work at a bookstore, and several months ago a woman came up to the counter with several copies of this book. Making polite small talk, I commented on how popular it was and that I was looking forward to reading it. Immediately she asked, "Oh, are you a Christian?" and proceeded to pummel me with q...
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