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The Shack
by: William P. Young

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780340979495
ISBN: 0340979496
Label: Hodder & Stoughton
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: July 17, 2008
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Studio: Hodder & Stoughton
Sales Rank: 47

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- "This weekend is about relationship and love"
The blurb says it's "heart-warming and inspirational", and that it's about a man, Mack, striving to understand why God allows pain and suffering in the world. Well, it wasn't my choice to read the book, it was given to me, and I was determined I would find it smug and irritating.

Right from the start there were surprises: after a few pages I realised it was funny, down to earth, and was going to deliver some jolts. First page, the men in Mack's family are all addressed by their middle name - as in my family. That got my attention. Then the setting seemed eerily familiar and jolt 2, I realised it is set in Nez Perce Indian country, Oregon. I have just read and reviewed "Selling Your Father's Bones" about this place... it was like ... Read More:

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- Tears would not stop....
I am not a religious person at all but this book was gripping, moving, inspiring and gobsmacking all at the same time - a great story if you believe in God or not.

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- Now I understand the love of God
The great question of our time is: "Why does God allow terrible things to happen?" Here it is, bravely faced - one of the most appalling crimes that a man can commit, and God let him do it. WHY? The answer that Paul Young gives makes sense to me. It cannot be expressed in a few words - it needs a whole book.

Rating:

- Hmmmm...
With so many reviews to choose from there seems little point in spending much time on the plot, which is just as well as it really is as simple as "Man loses faith owing to family tragedy, meets a really nice God who's also kind of cool, all OK again".

As a story then, The Shack is barely worth a read. If you have faith however there's some interest in reading this authors interpretation of the Christian belief system and there are some nice ideas, albeit New Age and touchy feely about what God might think of how us humans have warped his teachings to suit our own ends.

The trouble with these ideas though is that, for me anyway, they were a bit unsatisfying. Unless I missed the point (a distinct possibility)it's all ... Read More:

Rating:

- Poor
Can't see what the fuss is about. Weak plot, stilted prose, very preachy, weak theology.

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