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katieproctorbooks's review
4.0
I really appreciated this honest, sometimes funny, but most of the time humble and touching memoir. It took me a little while to get into, but Cron’s writing pulls you in. There’s a lot of hard in here: addiction and father-son relationship struggles, but also, so much redemption and hope.
erinware's review
4.0
I give the story 5 stars, and the writing 3 (a few too many metaphors for me). I highly recommend it.
jtisreading's review
1.0
I was a bit disappointed. All this hype for the book and it really just wasn't that edible in my opinion. I thought it was interesting but not very well written and almost lacking in purpose and structure to the point of losing me... and I'm the type that can't get enough stream of conscious JOYCE.
birdy1luv's review
4.0
This is a beautiful book. I loved it! Really poignant and profound. So full of grace in difficult circumstances.
philippelazaro's review
4.0
"Love always stoops."
–Ian Morgan Cron
This book has been sitting on my to-read list for years. I remember when I first heard about Ian Morgan Cron– people had largely good things to say about his spiritual memoir, and since that’s the genre I write, I went in expecting big things.
At first, I thought the book was missing something… maybe direction. I couldn’t see a central story or pursuit that strung together its different memories and recollections. I guess I have this weakness when I write, so it stood out to me.
Then I realized I was looking at the book wrong. It was a portrait of a long life and a spiritual formation, and when I started reading some of the middle chapters, where some of the roughest points of Ian’s life began to enter something resembling redemption, it took a turn for the beautiful. I began to appreciate the beauty of staring at life with a big picture lens.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
–Ian Morgan Cron
This book has been sitting on my to-read list for years. I remember when I first heard about Ian Morgan Cron– people had largely good things to say about his spiritual memoir, and since that’s the genre I write, I went in expecting big things.
At first, I thought the book was missing something… maybe direction. I couldn’t see a central story or pursuit that strung together its different memories and recollections. I guess I have this weakness when I write, so it stood out to me.
Then I realized I was looking at the book wrong. It was a portrait of a long life and a spiritual formation, and when I started reading some of the middle chapters, where some of the roughest points of Ian’s life began to enter something resembling redemption, it took a turn for the beautiful. I began to appreciate the beauty of staring at life with a big picture lens.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
thesydda's review
4.0
This is Ian Cron's second book, and it's an autobiography, of sorts. In it he tells stories from his life and how he came to know and believe in Jesus. He's a fantastic storyteller, so you race through the pages. The chapters are also short, so it's a quick read. I suggest you go back, once you've finished it, and read it again, to make sure you can really savor it.