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emflwrs's review against another edition
2.0
I loved the first chapter. Was so excited for the rest— but in the end was disappointed as her tone was condescending at times (my suffering is worse than everyone else’s), and while her prose was beautiful, the telling of her suffering bordered on histrionic to me. I wish I didn’t feel that way. And I’m sure others feel differently. It just hit me weird.
danilippert's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
below_average_baker's review against another edition
reflective
3.0
I was expecting much more reflection/analysis on the prosperity gospel. It felt a little unfocused but clearly cathartic for the author
crystalstarrlight's review against another edition
4.0
Bullet Review:
I don’t think this was exactly what I expected when I added this back in 2018 - I wish I could go back nearly 4 years and asked myself why I put this on my list.
Instead, this was very much an intimate look in one woman’s death stare with cancer. The relation to the prosperity gospel is incidental and ultimately irrelevant - I recall another Christian book I read "Evolving in Monkey Town" drew a similar tenuous connection with evolution that somewhat underwrote the author's theme (in the latter case, the name of the book was changed to "Faith Unraveled", a MUCH better title, IMO). Perhaps Bowler did it better; regardless, I felt her story was strong enough, we didn't need to broach her research on the prosperity gospel.
I think one thing this did was really put me in the shoes of my dear friend who got her own Stage IV cancer diagnosis about 5 years ago. I have mountains of issues of my own, from my tumultuous childhood; I can’t imagine tackling the 30% chance to live that a cancer diagnosis could give you.
I don’t think this was exactly what I expected when I added this back in 2018 - I wish I could go back nearly 4 years and asked myself why I put this on my list.
Instead, this was very much an intimate look in one woman’s death stare with cancer. The relation to the prosperity gospel is incidental and ultimately irrelevant - I recall another Christian book I read "Evolving in Monkey Town" drew a similar tenuous connection with evolution that somewhat underwrote the author's theme (in the latter case, the name of the book was changed to "Faith Unraveled", a MUCH better title, IMO). Perhaps Bowler did it better; regardless, I felt her story was strong enough, we didn't need to broach her research on the prosperity gospel.
I think one thing this did was really put me in the shoes of my dear friend who got her own Stage IV cancer diagnosis about 5 years ago. I have mountains of issues of my own, from my tumultuous childhood; I can’t imagine tackling the 30% chance to live that a cancer diagnosis could give you.
earthflesh's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
katiecentabar's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
2.0
This was touching and thoughtful but not for me. It was kind of hard to follow on audio