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bella_and_the_bookstack's review
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3.4 out of 5
This book was a rollercoaster. I liked the first five pages. I hated the next 50. I debated dnf'ing this book so many times, but ultimately I decided to carry on. The main reason I continued was simple. I HATE dnf'ing books. I tend to find myself years later, dreaming about the book and the storyline.
So I decided to keep reading the book, as I could not seem to get it out of my mind.
I am so glad I decided to finish it! The beginning seemed so promising, yet it confounded me when it jumped 9-ish years into the future.
Everybody was miserable. The once loving husband Joe was now an unapologetic drunkard. The wife Meg was miserable and stuck in a practically non-existent marriage. Everybody's dreams had been blown away like a beetle in a tornado. It was so depressing!! I knew that there would be a change, a light brought to these sad people that would change their lives.
I just could care less. That's how depressing these people were. The once lively people made me care less about what happened to them by page 50. I just couldn't take the pathetic lives of these people for one more second. I know that there had to be a drastic shift and a huge miracle to make the story more interesting. It just frustrated me that it was so unapologetically boring and upsetting.
After taking a short two-day break, I picked it back up as I couldn't get the story out of my head. I am so glad I did! Immediately after I started it back up, I felt that shift that I had been waiting for. Things began to happen. Miracles began to happen. God began to happen.
The middle to back end of this book flew by for me. I love a story where the people change from sad creatures of the earth into hopeful, faith-driven beacons of light. THIS was what I was hoping to find when I picked out this book.
If the beginning had been as well-written and less dragging as the back half, I would have rated this book much higher. Unfortunately due to the painful first 60 pages, I couldn't bring myself to rate it higher than 3.4 stars.
I would actually recommend this book to anyone that loves a feel-good Christian book. As long as the reader is willing to stick it out until the end, I felt this book was actually enjoyable.
This book was a rollercoaster. I liked the first five pages. I hated the next 50. I debated dnf'ing this book so many times, but ultimately I decided to carry on. The main reason I continued was simple. I HATE dnf'ing books. I tend to find myself years later, dreaming about the book and the storyline.
So I decided to keep reading the book, as I could not seem to get it out of my mind.
I am so glad I decided to finish it! The beginning seemed so promising, yet it confounded me when it jumped 9-ish years into the future.
Everybody was miserable. The once loving husband Joe was now an unapologetic drunkard. The wife Meg was miserable and stuck in a practically non-existent marriage. Everybody's dreams had been blown away like a beetle in a tornado. It was so depressing!! I knew that there would be a change, a light brought to these sad people that would change their lives.
I just could care less. That's how depressing these people were. The once lively people made me care less about what happened to them by page 50. I just couldn't take the pathetic lives of these people for one more second. I know that there had to be a drastic shift and a huge miracle to make the story more interesting. It just frustrated me that it was so unapologetically boring and upsetting.
After taking a short two-day break, I picked it back up as I couldn't get the story out of my head. I am so glad I did! Immediately after I started it back up, I felt that shift that I had been waiting for. Things began to happen. Miracles began to happen. God began to happen.
The middle to back end of this book flew by for me. I love a story where the people change from sad creatures of the earth into hopeful, faith-driven beacons of light. THIS was what I was hoping to find when I picked out this book.
If the beginning had been as well-written and less dragging as the back half, I would have rated this book much higher. Unfortunately due to the painful first 60 pages, I couldn't bring myself to rate it higher than 3.4 stars.
I would actually recommend this book to anyone that loves a feel-good Christian book. As long as the reader is willing to stick it out until the end, I felt this book was actually enjoyable.
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