Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner and The Shack by William P. Young

This was the sequel to "Good in Bed", Weiner's first book. I have to say I was a little disappointed by the ending. There's a twist that I wasn't expecting and I didn't feel like it furthered the plot along, however all in all I enjoyed where Weiner took Cannie and her character. It was fun to see Cannie as a mom and to see how she meanders through life with an almost 13 year old daughter.

The Shack was about a man, named Mackenzie having an experience finding God. He turns out to be a middle-aged large black lady named "Papa". Jesus is a Middle-Eastern young man who is a you-guessed-it carpenter. The Holy Spirit is an Asian woman, Sarayu who you can't really see or tell if she's hugging you. It was an easy read and very interesting point of view of the Trinity and Young's version of Christianity. I did feel like he was saying churches shouldn't be relevant in your relationship which to a certain degree may be true. Maybe Young was saying that it doesn't matter which church you go to which I do agree with. It was a good read--I would recommend it.

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