Book Review: The Shack

Book Review: The Shack
By William P. Young

This is one of those books that either speaks to a person, or it doesn’t. I was the latter of the two.

Basically, a man’s relationship with God flounders after the abduction and murder of his young daughter. During an ice storm, he receives a note in his mailbox from God. (Fantastic scene with him skittering about on the ice with the note in hand.) He is asked to come to the shack–the place where the man’s daughter was killed. Curious, he goes to the shack. And yes, God is there. He spends the weekend talking and eating with God. By the end of the weekend, many of his questions are answered and his faith renewed. (“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.”)

In some ways, this book reminded me of ‘The Celestine Prophecy’. I think it was the writing style combined with the different slant on spirituality.

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