Melody Carlson
Paperback | Pages: 388 pages Rating: 3.58 | 297 Users | 46 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Other Side of Darkness |
| Author | : | Melody Carlson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 388 pages |
| Published | : | September 16th 2008 by Multnomah Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Christian Fiction. Christian. Inspirational. Contemporary |
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Once again, I have kept the demons at bay.As a wife and mother, Ruth knows her prayers are crucial to her family’s spiritual welfare. She stands between her precious children and the evil one, doing battle in prayer. She can’t afford to be careless. Thankfully, she has powerful allies: Pastor Glenn, New Life Christian School where her daughters Mary and Sarah attend, and the inner circle at Arbor Drive Fellowship. They all reinforce her careful nurturance of her children.
If only her husband, Rick, understood that. He’s exasperated about the money Ruth keeps spending for the church and school. Doesn’t he see that these are their best defenses in shielding their children from the dangers of the world?
But the forces that threaten Ruth’s faith, her family–her very life–are not the ones she expects. Ruth doesn’t realize that her heartfelt desire to obey God is mingled with dangerous currents of OCD–Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her own strategies for protecting her family may be the very thing that tears them apart.
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| Original Title: | The Other Side of Darkness |
| ISBN: | 1400070813 (ISBN13: 9781400070817) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.58 From 297 Users | 46 ReviewsCritique Out Of Books The Other Side of Darkness
Melody Carlson is one of my favorite authors. I read most of her books so I was kind of putting off this book because I don't want the experience of reading the book for the first time to end. But I finally had checked out of my church library and now I really wished I had just ordered for myself. (I want to own it!) When I read the summary, I got really excited. I love reading books about issues that really drastic. I have read Finding Alice and I really liked it so I knew I would probably likeI don't know about this one. After reading the first 150 pages or so I'm finding myself feeling out of sorts. The main character is just not healthy. I'm going to keep going, looking for the redemption for the story and this character!Whew. I finished this one, but may have been better off if I had never opened it in the first place. I'm super dissapointed. The vast majority of the book, maybe 340 of the 380 pages was about the woman's slide into a cult church, how she thinks, treats her family,
Sometimes when I visit the library, I choose a genre and search the shelves for interesting books in that genre. This book was one I picked up last week, and I'm glad I did. I grew up in a church that taught believers to live in fear. Perhaps that's why this book resonated so strongly with me. I wept as I realized how many relationships I damaged and joys I missed because I gave into fear instead of love.And because mental health challenges affect several loved ones, I appreciated the author's
This book was compelling. At some points I was tempted to think "stereo types" and yet as I read more I could see how sometimes there is way more going on than you can explain by just one thing or another. Showed the danger of not knowing things about yourself and about how easy it is to become blinded...
It had some optional pieces of the book and the main character had a lot of struggles that were really brought out really well and I enjoyed it. If you like spiritual Warfare, then I think you will like it a lot.
A Quickie ReviewA literary critic once said that Melody Carlson writes the hardest-hitting novels in all of Christian fiction, and this book proves him/her right. Though very bleak in tone, the narrative is so amazingly written and compelling that I must give The Other Side of Darkness five stars. Ms. Carlson's story of a woman's spiritual struggle that unwittingly wreaks havoc on her family and friends is flat-out amazing. Even those who aren't usually fans of Christian fiction will probably
It had some optional pieces of the book and the main character had a lot of struggles that were really brought out really well and I enjoyed it. If you like spiritual Warfare, then I think you will like it a lot.
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