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Original Title: | Every Now & Then |
ISBN: | 0310266157 (ISBN13: 9780310266150) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | 9/11 #3 |
Karen Kingsbury
Paperback | Pages: 311 pages Rating: 4.35 | 4960 Users | 254 Reviews
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Hmmm . . . I have very mixed feelings on this book. While I enjoyed it from the perspective that it is a clean, Christian, enjoyable piece of action-filled fiction, I also had some issues with it. This is only the second book by Kingsbury I have read, but I am getting a distinct impression: Kingsbury is good at writing Christian themes, she's good at writing suspense\action, she is good at writing emotion, she is good at writing clean content, but somehow, as a whole, her books just really . . . lack. The first one I read was very "meh", and this one was the same. Just kind of left you with an "Hm. Well that happened." Rather disappointing. But, while this was disappointing on some levels, there was a fair bit about it I did like. The characters were all enjoyable. Alex was . . . um, depressed. I struggle to relate to and understand the depressed, "nobody could ever love me" type characters, perhaps because I am such a happy person. All in all though, his struggle was realistic, and his character arc was fairly well done. I think my favorite character was his girlfriend. I wished there was more with her POV! I could really relate to her character. Jamie and Clay were also fantastic! I love the older, mentor-type characters. It took me a few chapters to really get into the story, but once I did, I just wanted to keep reading. The climax, of course, happened late at night, so I stayed up past 11 pm to finish it. I loved the whole police officer element - I love stories with emergency personnel as the main characters. And the whole K9 aspect was definitely fascinating. I think what really bothered me most about this book was Kingsbury's writing style: it's very minimalistic in regards to punctuation, and such, which frustrated this Comma Queen. While yes, a lot of it was stylistic, and just more the way I'm used to thing\like things, there were a few instances where comma rules dictate a comma, and there wasn't a comma. Commas are dying an unnatural death, and I don't like it. Who cares about saving the planet? Save the commas, people! But anyway, overall, this book just didn't really cut it for me. If you are looking for a clean, thriller read, with strong Christian themes, then definitely give this a try. CONTENT NOTE: The main character is a police officer, so there are various issues portrayed throughout, such as driving under the influence, arson, gun play, death, violence, and a few characters get trapped by a wildfire. For those reasons, and for somewhat deep subject matter, not recommended for anyone under the age of 15.Define Epithetical Books Every Now & Then (9/11 #3)
Title | : | Every Now & Then (9/11 #3) |
Author | : | Karen Kingsbury |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 311 pages |
Published | : | November 5th 2008 by Zondervan (first published January 1st 2008) |
Categories | : | Christian Fiction. Christian. Fiction. Romance |
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Ratings: 4.35 From 4960 Users | 254 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books Every Now & Then (9/11 #3)
Interestingly, of the three books in this series, this one has to be my favorite. I absolutely loved Alex's story! I love reading books where the main character, like Alex, is broken, hurting, and without hope, but who, in the end, finds god's relentless love and redemption through friends who also relentlessly love him and who don't give up on him.I also love and appreciate the theme of this story--how we can't eliminate the evil in the world, but we can do something about the evil in our ownBeautiful and inspiring ending of the 9/11 series. Emotional books that bring back memories yet are so encouraging and hopeful.
Hmmm . . . I have very mixed feelings on this book.While I enjoyed it from the perspective that it is a clean, Christian, enjoyable piece of action-filled fiction, I also had some issues with it.This is only the second book by Kingsbury I have read, but I am getting a distinct impression: Kingsbury is good at writing Christian themes, she's good at writing suspenseaction, she is good at writing emotion, she is good at writing clean content, but somehow, as a whole, her books just really . . .
I really liked the strong emphasis of God's concern in working in people's lives to bring together seemingly unrelated circumstances for totally different corners of their lives to work on their soul to bring them to Him, back to Him, or even just to teach them and make them stronger or wiser. This is so true. It's touching to me how much He really does care about each individual and giving them comfort and peace no matter their trial. This book reminded me of that old song, "This world is not
***EXTREME SPOILER ALERT***I have read many of Karen Kingsbury's books and loved them and recommend them. She writes Christian Fiction with a reality that is plausible and applicable to your life.However, this book was not like the others, including the first two in this 9/11 series. It was overly predictable, rushed ending and extremely sad. The author puts a dog on the cover, spends almost the entire book describing the relationship between the police officer and his K-9 partner, graphically
I didn't realize this was related to two other books I've read until Jamie's time in NYC was mentioned. I vaguely remember that from one of the Tuesday Morning books. I like Kingsbury in general though her fiction seems to have an "unreal" quality to it. Unreal in the sense that real life doesn't generally work out in the way that it does for her characters. How do you react when tragedy strikes your life? Do you turn to God or turn away from Him? After his father dies in the collapse of the
Not my favorite Karen Kingsbury novel, I didn't find Alex's story as powerful as the first two 9/11 novels. The other hit home and where very powerful. Alex was a character I just couldn't find myself liking. I'm not exactly sure why I couldn't like him, but I just felt no sympathy for him. Oh well, I am looking forward to reading Karen Kingsbury's other series, especially the famed Baxter family novels.
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