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Every Bush Is Burning (2011)

by Brandon Clements(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0983785007 (ISBN13: 9780983785002)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Twisted Beam Press

review 1: I have to give this book credit for its creativity and honesty. Some many books written to "preach" a message rather than tell a story fail as literature even if they manage to get their point across. Clements starts things out that way, perhaps intentionally, as you feel as if you are reading another one of those encounter the real Jesus book that is only loosely fiction and mostly preaching. But then the lead character Jack begins to find his voice, and the Yeshua character beings to take on an unexpected edge and you feel the fission of potential blasphemy (or you stopped reading offended) and it ends with some well done twists and turns.Did it get a little preachy at the end? Sure but not enough to ruin what proceeded. For what it is worth, I didn't find the theolog... moreical aspects all that compelling, nor did the criticisms of the church in America strike me as particularly insightful, instead what I found interesting was the portrayal of believable characters and their emotions, though process and actions under difficult circumstances. In viewing the world through their eyes you can see how often we are stubbornly sabotaging out lives, about how we know what we should do but have a very hard time doing it, and how we long for forgiveness and reconciliation but struggle to offer it to others.Overall, an interesting and sometimes quite compelling thought experiment that actually works as a story.
review 2: I found this book to be a quick and enjoyable read. The short chapters and author's narrative style contribute to the book's quick pace. There is a balance between touching on some serious topics while also maintaining a sense of humor throughout the book; this makes it thought provoking without coming across as too "preachy". Initially, I wasn't sure I was going to like the narrative style of the book--told from the point of view of the protagonist, my first impression was that he was an extrovert with too much to say. But it didn't take long for him to engage me in the story. Soon I was laughing, nodding in agreement, and wondering where the story would lead (and what I might learn from it). less

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