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The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  871 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ASIN: 0964729237
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Product Description
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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 The Shack- a great idea gone awry July 27, 2008
As I read this book, I thought- oh, my born-again Christian friend Lilia will love this. And by the time I got to the end, I realized I could never give her this book- it's too poorly written (although a step above the normal Christian "literature") and poorly constructed. In the chapter about God being a verb, for example, our author writes that responsibility and expectation are nouns where as the ability to respond (note the noun?) and expectancy are verbs [sic].
So why did I give it two stars? Well the idea was good- a conversation with God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, deep soul searching. I think it could give insight to some folks about prayer and thanksgiving.
The clincher for me- the reason I will never, ever give this book to anybody is the "Missy project". When I saw that title, I thought- oh, this is an outreach to those with missing children or those who may have lost loved ones to some psycho killer- but no, it's an invitation to try to get as many of these books into as many hands as you can. A grassroots advertising campaign, if you will.
All in all, if you have some time to kill (I bought it for the 11-hour flight from New York to Istanbul), it's a fast read. But I wouldn't put it on your must-read list.
 BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME July 27, 2008
This is the best read in a long time!! I could not put this book down I was literally standing @ my kitchen counter engrossed in the book. I have recommended the Shack to all my friends on my E-Mail list! I just
could not wait to turn the page to see what was going to happen to Mack next. This story was sad thrilling funny (yes funny) & inspirational.
And the ending !! Well you will just have to read the book to figure it out yourself. A MUST READ!!!
Maybe I Wasn't In the Mood... July 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I keep reading all the wonderful reviews for "The Shack," and I keep thinking maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I read it. Technically speaking, I guess it's written well. But I didn't read the fine print enough to know it was a self-help book. So I ended up hating myself for making myself slog through it to the end.
I feel really bad giving this book one star. It's not a bad book if this is the kind of thing you like reading; it just wasn't what I thought it would be. Just make sure you understand it's a book about theology before you buy it.
Inspiring!! July 26, 2008
The Shack is such an amazing book! His sense of writing is so touching that I felt so empowered after reading his book. Prayercatcher, a book by Kathy Lasseter and Kelly Hostetler is another life changing book that I love! Both are amazing reads!
Rev. Hal Crane July 26, 2008
A very moving story and a challenge to my belief about God,Jesus and the Holy Spirit which resulted in my greater assurance of the Trinity alive and well in my present experience. I am sharing the book with my family. I only kept wishing that the daughter could have been found and alive. But the ressurection of the saints will come someday and we will celebrate all the family members that have gone to Heaven.
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