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| The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $7.15
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1994 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ASIN: 0964729237
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Book Sucks!! September 10, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I read this book and it was one of the worst books i have ever read... Its starts out good but takes a horrible turn for the worst half way through.. I do not recommend this book.. BEWARE!!!!
 Meeting all needs September 10, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just happened upon this book in May, 08. I was caught by the reference to Pilgrim's Progress and bought it. When I read it, it answered many of my questions about the Trinity. For another friend who had an alcoholic dad, it was a balm for some pain she was carrying. I have decided that is book that answers questions if the reader has a certain need. I am rather old (69) so I am not one of the youngsters that another reviewer referred to his his response. I have purchased five of these books to pass on and my copy will be revisted again. va in Idaho
An easy read September 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoyed The Shack. I found it to be an easy read and not nearly as controversial as I'd been led to believe. The story is told at an enjoyable pace and it's not overly long. I haven't read a book like it before (no doubt there will be a whole bunch of imitations on the way) and to be honest I probably wouldn't read another one like it. It was different and an interesting perception on a religion. It hasn't changed my mind about anything but I enjoyed reading it, which hopefully was the point.
anti-semitic September 9, 2008
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a #1 New York Times Bestseller . I write and read a ton of books.
I am also a Jew by birth . I experience a plague of anti-semitism as
a child. Many of my family members were killed only for being Jewish.
I heard it said 100s of times "Jews have Big Noses." But when I read on page 110 " Jesus saying " It's my nose, isn't it ? I am Jewish, you know . My grandfather on my mothers side had a big nose; in fact, most of the men on my mothers side had big noses." This is sic . It like saying all black have wide noses( a racists statement Jesus would never say something so awful nor should the writer. Dr Mike Evans
I have never been so bored September 9, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
First, in all fairness, I have to admit that this is a book I never would have chosen for myself. I work in an intensely trauma-oriented field, and a well-meaning associate told me that prayer would be helpful in those times when the suffering of others left me feeling unsettled. When I told her that I do not believe anyone is listening to those prayers and that I believe in science and proof, she thought this book would take the edge off of my cynicism.
As an attempted anecdote to my statement, this woman mailed me a copy of "The Shack." I try to be polite, so I thought I would at least read the book so I could give my impressions. Besides, I had read so many reviews lauding the writing and the sotryline on their own merit, I figured that belief systems aside, I might at least get in a good read.
The writing style doesn't sparkle or engage at all. Any book that starts with an entire chapter wherein the author has to explain who the characters are and why they are the way they are and that he'll be referring to himself in the third person seems like a huge red flag to me.
Long before I got to the God part of this book, I couldn't make it through more than ten or fifteen pages at a time--and I'm usually a very fast reader. The story as written plods along with agonizing tediousness.
When I did finally come to the God part, I felt like the book had become a slow-speaking Sunday school teacher who was speaking in analogies for those of us who might be too dense to understand how Chritianity works. I think this strategy was supposed to make the concept of God more accessible, but it's all so manufactured, it's not even interesting. I kept hoping all of the exposition and dialog would just get to the point already. Fantasy conversations with God certainly do make for a convenient way to adress an anguished man's pain and questions about loss.
I finally had to abandon this book before I got to the end. I am sure "The Shack" will be embraced by people who are devout Christians looking for a short novel with a religious theme that ultimately affirms their already robust faith.
It just wasn't for me on any level.
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