© 2013 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids
First, my excuses – I’m late (about three months late) in
posting this review. Excuse 1, life got busy as I was trying to finish reading
and reviewing this book. Excuse 2, the book was really hard to read and I was
finding other more favorable reading material. Excuse 3, I just got lazy.
That said, I will probably fall out of favor with the
provider of these review copies for being so lax in my timing. Now, on to my thoughts:
The author is writing in response to the tragic loss of her
father and step-mother. The book, because of this purports to be a book that
will be cathartic to those who have lost loved ones. It reads very much like
the journal that was used as the springboard, and then it jumps back and forth
between the present, the past, and the accident that caused the writing in the
first place.
I, for one, was not touched by the story line. It became
tedious to sit through. I have no doubt that there was a good amount of
cleansing, refreshing, and permission to move on for the author and her brother
who took the journey with her. I struggled to see where reading of the journey
of another so intimately would be of help to the reader.
I suggest that the audience for this book will be more
limited than the publishers expected. If one would like to read on how to deal
with grief, there are hundreds of other titles which would be more helpful. (1
out of 5 reading glasses)
—Benjamin Potter,
August 6, 2013
[This book was provided to the reviewer by the publisher for
the purposes of this review. The opinions are my own. I have not been otherwise
compensated for this review.]
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