I liked the message of this book. However, I felt that it could have been a blog post rather than a full length book. It felt pretty repetitive to me. I would say still worth the read since the message itself is worth it.

Another issue I had was that there was not a lot of Biblical quotes. The notes did have the Bible sections for the stories the author reference, which were a lot. However, I don’t feel that there was enough explanation of the Biblical passages so much as just extracting frim the story. I would rather have a train of thought to follow, rather than having to do all that on my own. (Not that I don’t study the Bible on my own, but it helps when the authors explain how they got where they did.) In any case, I prefer Christian non-fiction to have more Biblical references and interaction included.

The third issue resulting in my rating is that the tone of the writing feels harsh. I felt like the author was yelling at me the whole time which made it difficult for me to pick it up again in the beginning. While, I did appreciate what the author was sharing, I do wish the language felt more grace-giving rather than shame-inducing.