booklover_312's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.25
areadaburrito's review
1.0
Very religious take on forgiveness told through stories of people he's met. I couldn't find a single example that didn't end the people reconciling and living happily ever after. There's an entire chapter "When Reconciling is Impossible" and apparently that is only when the person is dead.
I don't recommend this book due to the constant references to church/Jesus as well as the limited ways he presented to forgive.
I don't recommend this book due to the constant references to church/Jesus as well as the limited ways he presented to forgive.
dils's review against another edition
5.0
This is an emotional book that teaches how forgiving someone for their actions will lift the burden off you and you will feel so much more freer of it. This book shows some of the tragedies that have taken place and how people have managed to forgive and move on.
kiwi_fruit's review against another edition
3.0
I have a deep admiration for victims of violent crimes who found in the hearts a way to forgive the people responsible for hurting them. I don’t know if I would be able to do what they did and I pray to never be in a position to be tested like them have been. To forgive is something I can only aspire to be able to do. 3.5 stars
You’ll find that when you forgive, you’re always a winner. You don’t lose a thing. Because it’s not a sign of weakness to love somebody who hurts you. It’s a sign of strength.
No amount of punishment could ever even the score. I had to be willing to forgive without the score being even.
In the end we won’t have to answer for what others do to us – only for what we do to them.
It’s taken me such a long time to get over the feeling of having been used. A long time. But I have gotten over it. I don’t think he’ll ever be worthy of my forgiveness. Still, I can carry my burdens a whole lot easier now, than when I had to carry my anger around as well.
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