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It's difficult to improve upon Mike's review, but I feel that I'm duty-bound to try.
This easily makes the top 5 worst books I've read. It's preachy in a hit-you-over-the-head-obvious parable sort of way. Imagine being held captive in a room full of Precious Moments figurines. You're tied to a chair and forced to watch sappy country music videos that involve someone visiting a gravestone at the end (surprise! not.) Wait...you have to listen to the Christmas Shoes over and over and over until you are driven to a Clockwork Orange-type madness. Then throw in Jesus, except he's not Jesus; he's an imaginary horse whisperer named Russell. And of course a surprise ending that you can see coming a mile away. Oh...wait...don't forget the evil cornfield (Stephen King, anyone?). Don't worry. I'm not giving away any spoilers. It is not possible to spoil this book. That was already done by the "author" who has clearly never had an original thought.
Do yourself a favor. If you need a Christmas feel-good fix, watch "It's A Wonderful Life". If you need something with religious foundations that make you feel warm and fuzzy about being a Christian, read Jan Karon's Mitford series. It's religion done right. And if you need to unload some guilt about blaming everyone else for your problems, go to an AA meeting.
But skip this book. Seriously. Do not encourage this author financially or otherwise. He might try to write again. If you want to support the cause he is supporting with the profits, just donate directly. A tree will thank you.
PS...I am neither a liberal, nor an atheist, so my review does not come from there. It's just a truly bad book.
This easily makes the top 5 worst books I've read. It's preachy in a hit-you-over-the-head-obvious parable sort of way. Imagine being held captive in a room full of Precious Moments figurines. You're tied to a chair and forced to watch sappy country music videos that involve someone visiting a gravestone at the end (surprise! not.) Wait...you have to listen to the Christmas Shoes over and over and over until you are driven to a Clockwork Orange-type madness. Then throw in Jesus, except he's not Jesus; he's an imaginary horse whisperer named Russell. And of course a surprise ending that you can see coming a mile away. Oh...wait...don't forget the evil cornfield (Stephen King, anyone?). Don't worry. I'm not giving away any spoilers. It is not possible to spoil this book. That was already done by the "author" who has clearly never had an original thought.
Do yourself a favor. If you need a Christmas feel-good fix, watch "It's A Wonderful Life". If you need something with religious foundations that make you feel warm and fuzzy about being a Christian, read Jan Karon's Mitford series. It's religion done right. And if you need to unload some guilt about blaming everyone else for your problems, go to an AA meeting.
But skip this book. Seriously. Do not encourage this author financially or otherwise. He might try to write again. If you want to support the cause he is supporting with the profits, just donate directly. A tree will thank you.
PS...I am neither a liberal, nor an atheist, so my review does not come from there. It's just a truly bad book.
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