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RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
in Purgatory
The original book 'The Shack,' was published (gulp!) twenty years and was read widely by members of the middle-of-the road independent evangelical church I was then a member. It was also widely discussed and I was happy to use it in dicipleship groups. Inevitably, some loved it, others couldn't get on with it, whilst others condemmed it as heretical. Does any other shipmate remember it - either fondly or otherwise?
The author has now published a sequel which was well reviewed (with some caveats) in the 'Church Times'. I'm debating whether to buy a copy. Has any shipmate already read it?

Comments

  • peasepease Tech Admin
    The Shack was a terrible, badly written, book. The one redeeming point was about the nature of forgiveness ("Forgiveness is not about forgetting … It is about letting go of another person's throat.").
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    The plot device of killing of the daughter was also extremely manipulative.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    edited October 19
    Is this a good point to note I’ve never read it ?
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    Doublethink wrote: »
    Is this a good point to note I’ve never read it ?

    Is this the one that was made into a movie a short while after it was published? Or was there another Christian-themed movie with a similar name around that time?
  • peasepease Tech Admin
    The book was published in 2007, the film was released in 2017. I don't know how closely the film follows the plot of the book.
  • chrisstileschrisstiles Hell Host
    pease wrote: »
    The Shack was a terrible, badly written, book.

    It was self published by someone writing their first book and then went viral while being picked up by a major publisher, so never went through the editing process. In those circumstances the end result is somewhat understandable.
  • peasepease Tech Admin
    The UK edition, which I read, was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 2008, so I suspect had been through at least some part of the editing process.
  • chrisstileschrisstiles Hell Host
    They just picked up whatever the company the author(s) had formed were already distributing afaict.
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