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| The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 43
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0340979496
EAN: 9780340979495
ASIN: 0340979496
Publication Date: July 17, 2008
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 Tears would not stop.... November 14, 2008
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.
Now I understand the love of God November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Hmmmm... November 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 our fault man, 'cause we chose Free Will and stuff and although God's like really dissappointed he still loves us yeah?
It's that kind of book and goes nowhere near asking if he loved us all so much why'd he kill all the first born that time and unleash all those plagues on the Egyptians, who are also "his" people apparently. I think the author may have skipped the Old Testament when they did it in Sunday School.
If I met God the first thing I'd ask is what's with this Cancer business or why do you let people be born with mental or physical problems? Mack (the protagonist) doesn't bother, sticking to asking why other humans can do such bad things to the rest of us. Whilst its not unreasonable to presume a man who's daughter is killed by a serial killer may be a little obsessed about why God would allow it, half way through I think God had pretty much covered the reason. Surely, given the opportunity presented to him, Mack might have moved on to a few tougher questions?
If you don't buy the whole God idea by the way, it's probably not worth a look.
 Poor November 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Can't see what the fuss is about. Weak plot, stilted prose, very preachy, weak theology.
The Shack ... November 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to me by a lady in a Bible study group that I attend ... so I bought it and read it. It is a well crafted piece of fiction that consumes you - in the sense that you can't put the book down. However, in terms of Christian analysis, this book is rightly placed among the Mind, Body and Spirit bookshelves as it reeks of mysticism and is stamped with the authority of the New Age. It is difficult to discern whether this is intentional but if there are folk out there who are looking for the 'real' Jesus ... they would be better off reading the Bible.
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