A family goes camping on vacation and their young daughter gets kidnapped and murdered in a shack. Four years later the father, whose faith is going down hill, gets a letter in the mail from God. He wants the father to meet Him at the Shack where his daughter was killed. The main character thinks it's absolutely ridiculous, but goes anyway. God turns out to be an African American woman, Jesus is there as a very ugly Jew, and the Holy Spirit is an Asian woman. During his time there they discuss different points of the father's life and helps him come to understand and accept his daughter's death.
This book took me awhile to read. Within each chapter I had to stop and think about what was going on and what these views were. The really neat part is that the author, William, wrote this book because of what happened to his friend. Even though this book is in the fiction section, his friend believes everything really happened. I loved it. 5 stars
Do you think this book would be as enjoyable to a non-Christian?
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe if you are interested in the views of less conservative ideas of Christianity. Otherwise, not so much. As for myself, being from a conservative family, it was a breath of fresh air to find something that was closer to what I believed. -Alyse
ReplyDeleteThis is on my list of books I want to read soon!
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