I'm about 130 pages into this book, and I must say, I cannot believe the turn that this book has taken. In my first post, I made a hypothesis that this book would be a mystery, and in the beginning, it was a mystery. However, now it is just about religion, and Jesus, and Christianity. I don't like how everything that is discussed in this book is about Christianity. When William Young introduced "Jesus", "Papa", who is supposed to be God, and "Sarayu", the Holy Spirit, I was taken aback. I'm not sure whether or not I like the direction this book is headed. As I read on, I hope that all this talk of religion will stop, because I am not personally religious, but if it continues, this book might just become another one of those "Good thing gone bad" type of novels. One thing that really annoyed me was the sudden appearance of Jesus: "'Mack,' said Jesus. I have come for you" (Young, 126). It's appaling that suddenly, out of nowhere, Jesus can come and take Mack to this holy place where his daughter was murdered. Another thing that really annoyed me was how confused Mack seemed. If he got a letter from God, why wouldn't he expect to see Jesus?Tuesday, April 8, 2014
How "The Shack" surprised me
I'm about 130 pages into this book, and I must say, I cannot believe the turn that this book has taken. In my first post, I made a hypothesis that this book would be a mystery, and in the beginning, it was a mystery. However, now it is just about religion, and Jesus, and Christianity. I don't like how everything that is discussed in this book is about Christianity. When William Young introduced "Jesus", "Papa", who is supposed to be God, and "Sarayu", the Holy Spirit, I was taken aback. I'm not sure whether or not I like the direction this book is headed. As I read on, I hope that all this talk of religion will stop, because I am not personally religious, but if it continues, this book might just become another one of those "Good thing gone bad" type of novels. One thing that really annoyed me was the sudden appearance of Jesus: "'Mack,' said Jesus. I have come for you" (Young, 126). It's appaling that suddenly, out of nowhere, Jesus can come and take Mack to this holy place where his daughter was murdered. Another thing that really annoyed me was how confused Mack seemed. If he got a letter from God, why wouldn't he expect to see Jesus?
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I would also want it to be a mystery novel. I would not want to read all just religious talk, like you said. Not that I don't believe in it, I just know a lot about it and would be bored by it.
ReplyDeleteWow. that is a very ssuprising twist. I would not like it to be a religous book because as you said yourself, i'm not very religous. I really do like how you are still trying hard to pus through and get through the book. I also love how you incorporated a picture of Jesus so we could get a good visual of what he looks like.
ReplyDeleteWell even though you arent very religious it sounds like the plot took a twist that would be a negative for alot of readers. it sounds like something i would like to read so i have a better understanding as to why the plot twisted or did it even have to?
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