The primary reason for my annoyance is this: However, I have to let this book go and I'm hoping if I finish this review I can do just that. I'm probably posting this review too quickly, actually. I hope to write that irritation out of my system (to some degree) with this review. I made ten pages of notes, had many personal conversations about the book and have generally been irritated. So there.īefore hitting "publish" to this review, I should also state that I followed up my reading of The Shack by re-reading various scripture passages (some of which I have noted below) and have begun to read The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, by Tim Challies. So, since "you" (the generic reading public) deem this book worthy of a good read, study and even a screen play (!), I retaliate with a long review. Instead, I felt like I must take the time to read this book so that I could take the time to make a proper response to what I thought (and discovered) it was. I would really rather be spending my time reading something else. It's true that I resent the demand that I read this book because I don't think it's worth reading. I would put this book in the same category as Blue Like Jazz (see my review here) in that it's become highly popular and influential within the church and therefore demands that we take note of it. The Shack demands nothing less because of the rather huge implications it has for the Christian culture.
Sometimes it's important to sit and really hash a book (or the thought represented therein) out thoroughly. I know that in this day and age people like things short and sweet but the other side of that is that in this day and age people are apt to say quite a lot while thinking quite a little. I forewarned you the other day that I had lots to say about The Shack so be prepared for this review to take a wee bit of time. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74).
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