You can see my review of Donald Miller's book below, and considering that blogging reviewers have a limited amount of words to use (they suggest 200 or less, but I went over a tad), it's often hard to fit it all in. I wanted to add this----from my reading reviews, I find it interesting to see how impressed others were with this book. And the enthusiasm of the publisher was curious to note as well. Well, they want to sell books, so that shouldn't surprise me.
From what I read at Amazon, the emergent church is well behind this guy. I found this out after the fact. And considering my feelings for that movement (negative), it's no wonder that I wasn't overwhelmed with this book. I'm thinking they want it to be the next best-seller like The Shack (double negative). That book was put out by a different publisher, but I think the anticipation of its success is similar.
I like books that inspire me and give me a rush. Like most folks, I enjoy being stirred up, but this book didn't do it. I felt like a person who was kicking their feet around, waiting for a bus. That's how slow it appeared to go for me, and I'm a patient person. For me to get a bit bored with a book is a rarity. But it happened.
On the flip-side, a friend who I gave an extra copy to (yes, the publishers gave out 2 copies of this book to reviewers---that in itself is indicative of how they want this one to fly) absolutely loved it. You just never know.
From what I read at Amazon, the emergent church is well behind this guy. I found this out after the fact. And considering my feelings for that movement (negative), it's no wonder that I wasn't overwhelmed with this book. I'm thinking they want it to be the next best-seller like The Shack (double negative). That book was put out by a different publisher, but I think the anticipation of its success is similar.
I like books that inspire me and give me a rush. Like most folks, I enjoy being stirred up, but this book didn't do it. I felt like a person who was kicking their feet around, waiting for a bus. That's how slow it appeared to go for me, and I'm a patient person. For me to get a bit bored with a book is a rarity. But it happened.
On the flip-side, a friend who I gave an extra copy to (yes, the publishers gave out 2 copies of this book to reviewers---that in itself is indicative of how they want this one to fly) absolutely loved it. You just never know.
