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Review Date: 7/26/2007
Helpful Score: 4
Great read. Anyone who is married to a man in the ministry, or even just in a church leadership postion, will definitely enjoy this book. You'll find yourself saying "been there, done that," all along the way. You'll be encouraged as you see how the Lord works through his creation, and you'll come away with a new appreciation for all those "church ladies" you know.
Review Date: 9/27/2012
I really enjoyed this book, although it was not the typical cozy I had first thought it would be. For one thing, and this is my only negative comment about the book, it had quite a bit more "language" in it than I'm used to finding in the books I read. But, easily able to skim over that, I was soon caught up in mystery and reading every spare moment to try to find out who the culprit was. The dialogue is written with a delightful sense of humor that actually had me laughing out loud a couple times, and often had me nodding my head in agreement. The characters are likeable, with the exception of a couple that I don't think were meant to be likeable, and they were authentic. By the end of the book they felt like friends. I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Review Date: 7/12/2007
Helpful Score: 1
This is a beautiful book based on The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-11). Lots of scripture and beautiful artwork by Vincent van Gogh. Chapter titles are "A Texture of Humility," "The Colors of Compassion," "The Shadings of Gentleness," "A Portrait of Justice," "The Depts of Mercy," "A Treasure of Purity," "The Brushstrokes of the Peacemaker," and "A Panorama of Patient Experience."
Review Date: 12/24/2009
From the front cover:
âIn the California desert, one man wages a fierce war for more than survival ⦠justice.â
From the back cover:
IT STARTED AS A WAR GAME â¦
on a mock battlefield in the California desert â until the âenemyâ started firing live ammunition and a young trainee wound up dead,
IT ENDED IN MURDER.
Captain Ronald Cochrane of U.S. Special Forces knew the attack wasn't an accident. Alone, he was going back to the desert to prove that Carl Nathan was murdered in cold blood ⦠even if he had to risk a court martial to do it. What Cochrane didn't know was that he was already a man marked for death ⦠the target of a powerful military underworld and a corrupt superior who was setting him up for the ultimate double-cross.
NOW IT WAS A ONE MAN WAR.
For Cochrane, the game was over and the real war is about to begin. And he will need every commando trick in the book to survive â¦
GUERRILLA GAME.
âIn the California desert, one man wages a fierce war for more than survival ⦠justice.â
From the back cover:
IT STARTED AS A WAR GAME â¦
on a mock battlefield in the California desert â until the âenemyâ started firing live ammunition and a young trainee wound up dead,
IT ENDED IN MURDER.
Captain Ronald Cochrane of U.S. Special Forces knew the attack wasn't an accident. Alone, he was going back to the desert to prove that Carl Nathan was murdered in cold blood ⦠even if he had to risk a court martial to do it. What Cochrane didn't know was that he was already a man marked for death ⦠the target of a powerful military underworld and a corrupt superior who was setting him up for the ultimate double-cross.
NOW IT WAS A ONE MAN WAR.
For Cochrane, the game was over and the real war is about to begin. And he will need every commando trick in the book to survive â¦
GUERRILLA GAME.
Review Date: 5/4/2009
Fiction is the operative word for this book. Dangerous because it contains enough "truth" to confuse those who are not well grounded in biblical knowledge of God's character and specifically the trinity. I found it hard to read because of the biblical heresy throughout and I would not recommend it.
Review Date: 3/7/2020
4.25 Stars
I really enjoyed this book as you can tell from the star rating. Only knocked a little off the 5 star rating because a couple of the threads in the story were fairly predictable. But, the whole book was a little like an onion with additional layers of the story coming out at different times, some of which were quite emotional. It does have Christian themes woven through the story as well, but in a more subtle way. The MC is a young woman who seemingly has it all, beauty, wealth, a successful husband, a beautiful home, and she takes it all almost for granted. She has a bit of Scarlett O'Hara in her personality so when something comes along that might upset the balance she just shoves it away for "another day." Then the unthinkable happens and, try and she may, she cannot just bury this for another day. Through the providence of God, although she doesn't see it that way, never having given God much thought, she meets people who challenge her to break out of her ice castle world and live life. It takes her to some amazing places, many of which she'd rather not go, but in the end she realizes that she, like everyone else, cannot really live life without some risk and messiness.
I really enjoyed this book as you can tell from the star rating. Only knocked a little off the 5 star rating because a couple of the threads in the story were fairly predictable. But, the whole book was a little like an onion with additional layers of the story coming out at different times, some of which were quite emotional. It does have Christian themes woven through the story as well, but in a more subtle way. The MC is a young woman who seemingly has it all, beauty, wealth, a successful husband, a beautiful home, and she takes it all almost for granted. She has a bit of Scarlett O'Hara in her personality so when something comes along that might upset the balance she just shoves it away for "another day." Then the unthinkable happens and, try and she may, she cannot just bury this for another day. Through the providence of God, although she doesn't see it that way, never having given God much thought, she meets people who challenge her to break out of her ice castle world and live life. It takes her to some amazing places, many of which she'd rather not go, but in the end she realizes that she, like everyone else, cannot really live life without some risk and messiness.
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