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| The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1995 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:
 interesting approach to a serious life September 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book 'The Shack' was written with unusual insights into the saving grace and showing the presence of the Lord at work in all things. I know that strong direction from the Lord and it is awesome. I treasure the book and its depth of meaning. The Lord has gifted the author with deep insights and am glad it was recognized by the author and then brave enough to write about it. Thanks so much.
 Read this if you like sentimental nonsense. September 8, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you do, you'll see past the myriad obscene flaws, and think it inspiring and insightful. Seriously, you might enjoy it. I read it today and certainly didn't. All the insipid cliches, tiresome dialog (monologs, really), and cartoonish characters killed it for me.
Read "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" instead. I found that book very similar in tone, but with more interesting structure, superior dialog, and so on. Not by a lot, but if you're interested in this one, "Five People" is better at least, and a far more appropriate length.The Five People You Meet in Heaven
I suppose many people would put the author's ideas on a pedestal over his form. Nothing worth your time here though, from "Jesus isn't handsome" to "forgiving isn't forgetting," not a single one is compelling, fresh, or convincing in my opinion. Bigger than the sum of its parts? Nope. Bit of a preachy and obtuse mishmash if anything, and make no mistake: nearly every page is packed with laughing, preaching, preachiness and faux humility. And preaching.
I wouldn't recommend expecting to absorb any wisdom or even what my mother might call "a good tear-jerker." Sorry, but i was pretty sorry i read it. If you're a critical or rational reader, you probably will be sorry too.
 Disappointed September 8, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Based on the popularity of this book, I was expecting some profound insights about suffering and forgiveness. I found the book to be very dull, and it was a tedious chore to finish it. It had nothing new to say about anything. I don't understand why anyone would find it "life changing."
Amazing look into every individual's everyday issues. September 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was amazed to read how Young hit every issue my husband and I have struggled with. Forgiveness, trust, faith...the list goes on. But not in a 'self-help' type way. Using fiction to hit strong points is brilliant! It is a book for everyone because everyone deals with those issues in one way or another. Being a Christian myself, this book reminded me that all things are possible through God the Father! Amazing book- couldn't put it down!
Tear down the shack and build your house upon "The Rock" September 8, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
If this book was just a story, I would not be offering any comments. However, because it attempts to incorporate biblical concepts, and because these concepts are influencing people's ideas of God, I consider this book to be very divisive, destructive and offensive to several basic Christian principles. The thought that so many Christians do not understand the danger of this is even more disturbing to me and to many other Christians. If you have a positive attitude regarding this book, Wake Up and stop being deceived!!!!!!!!!!!!
The theology in this book is so twisted. It is also appalling to me that Christians are accepting this story with such approval. The fact that Greg Albrecht, Editor of Plain Truth Magazine and Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. author of The Message both approve of this book will now force me to question "The Message" every time I encounter it. Any Christian who finds any value in this book would probably find value and spiritual hope in books such as The Exorcist and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Christians need to stop falling away from the true teachings that are found in the bible in order to get a feel good, Hallmark, emotional experience. Read Hard to Believe by John MacArthur if you really want to grow closer to God. Or better yet, just read the bible.
I know that my review is in the minority but Christians need to wake up and start being Christians again before it's too late!!!! When the author writes on page 236, "without any ritual, without ceremony, they savored the warm bread and shared the wine and laughed," I could not believe how "sacrilegious" this author could possibly be. Consider what it says in 1 Corinthians 11:27-29
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Many people reply to negative reviews with sentimental comments that encourage more open mindedness. The acceptance of truths that are contrary to the bible can not possibly lead a person closer to God because that would make God out to be a liar. Avoid this book except to be informed of the ways in which people are falling farther and farther from the truth every day.
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