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Detail and depth

Revisado: 01-25-24

For most of us who have seen the movie, this story provides the detail and depth that was not possible in the movie.  Reading the book, as much as I like, Paul Newman I don’t think I would have cast him in the role based on Mr. Pearce’s book. Pearce’s Luke is not the wistful rebel of popular culture.  The book’s Luke is a more more tragic and damaged figure, and the end is even more troubling. I think the movie resolves in a sort of redemptive note, and in the book it reaches a depth of despair that could not have been achieved in  90 minutes. The book establishes a sense of place both in Florida, and in Europe that provides a deep background for the setting in the story. As prominent popular culture as it is the movie in does not really do justice to the book.

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Essential reading for anyone wanting to evangelize without using religious words

Revisado: 05-11-22

Mr. Merritt has really helped me see how I can explore the message of Jesus Christ good news to the world when the language of “proclamation can sometimes be the very barrier to the worlds hearing the message. He has also helped me see, that there really is no such thing as the world. The world is the people I live with every day at home and at work. Please read this book.

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Raymond Chandler Chris child reacher you’ve met your match

Revisado: 09-16-21

Unbelievably well researched and executed with a depth of characterizations and story. One cliffhanger onto another, with,well a surprise. I’m onto the next.

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A story of conflict where there are no “sides”...

Revisado: 04-14-21

Both the story and the performance are powerful, complex, subtle and compelling. The characters become fully three dimensional. The lilting narrative of the story begins to encircle you and draw you in. I little these bands of narrative begin to tighten around your chest. And toward the climax you’ll notice your breathing becomes more shallow until finally you stop breathing at all. I’ll never look at Northern Ireland again in the same way. The view of living in a bifurcated country is worth considering since it mirrors many of the same issues around the world.

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A little more sexually graphic and violent for me.

Revisado: 02-05-21

I appreciate Galbraith literary skill and imagery well thought out story. But I found the use of graphic sexual imagery and violence a little more than I am comfortable with would not recommend it on that basis. I can see why Rowling chose nother name because I wouldn’t want a 10-year-old checking out her book thinking they were getting Harry Potter.

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