I THINK it was a great book ...

I am pretty sure the content of this book was excellent, but I struggled to get through it, due to the narration. I know I can tend to be a bit critical of these things, due to being a fluent reader myself, with very good knowledge of pronunciations etc, but I found his style very difficult to deal with. It felt unnatural and like he was trying too hard to be expressive, or to enunciate - often on simple words or phrases - while at the same time consistently pronouncing words ending in "ing" without the ng … ie talkin, somethin, followin etc. This probably would not have phased me if his style was more natural and conversational, but combined with the OVER-enunciating of simple words, and the forced expressiveness, it really jarred. Then throw in the mispronunciation of a number of words, one example being Arab, but can't recall the others now, it just grated on me. The juxtaposition of an unnatural over careful style, with inaccuracies and mis-pronunciations did not work well for me at all! As I said, I could forgive the mistakes if the style overall was more natural and conversational, and easier to listen to, but I found myself just getting lulled into nothingness, and missing a lot of what was being said. Having said all that, the chapters I felt were very significant, I went back over, and did receive some very real impact from, so I believe the book itself is well worth it, and someone who doesn't find the above issues so difficult to listen to, will enjoy this immensely I'm sure. I think I would have enjoyed reading it myself more, but unfortunately am too time-poor for that, so I like to listen while doing menial tasks in the kitchen. Definitely a powerful message of God's love for us as His adopted children at the core of this book. Hope others can tune in to that better than I could!!

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