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During the time I was reading this book, I kept saying "I don't think I like the book I'm reading." To which my husband would respond "Then why are you reading it?" Honestly, I didn't know. Perhaps I just wanted to see if it would get any better. For most of the book, Yancey sounded so arrogant that I was really put off by him. In the end, I just felt that he is still arrogant, perhaps slightly less than during his college days, but arrogant nonetheless. He seems to be looking for attention and/or pity. I think it telling when his friend asks him why he is always talking about how broken he is, when he's not really broken. I just felt like screaming "Get over yourself, man!" As far as Yancey's writing, it came off a bit pretentious to me. It's as if he is trying so hard to be profound with his one word sentences and his one sentence paragraphs. So I was not impressed at all. Maybe someday I will make myself reread this book and I will see beyond the arrogance to find something meaningful. Maybe, but then again, maybe not.

Read this book within 24 hours. There was so much I liked about it but some of it really broke my heart. Still mulling it all over. This was the first book by Jojo Moyes that I've read and I'm definitely interested in reading more of her books.

I had just about stopped reading Christian fiction because it was just too predictable. However, I found this book for free on Amazon so I decided to give it a try. So glad I did! I read this book in one day. It was captivating and lovely and, at times, heart-wrenching. Beautiful, well-written story that drew me in. I simply couldn't put it down. Looking forward to reading more from Laura Frantz!