Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

3.66 AVERAGE

karlyzirbel's review against another edition

5.0
This book was a gripping and quick read, it's so fascinating how children can make difficult to understand things so simple and easy to grasp. Thanks, Colton, for restoring my faith in Heaven!
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giddi_about_books's review against another edition

4.0
inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

lucyisaname's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

westendwoolies's review against another edition

1.0
Quick read. That's it. Believable?? I don't know. I've got mixed views on religion. This just seemed....contrived.
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booking_on_a_budget's review against another edition

3.5
inspiring reflective fast-paced

amity2139's review against another edition

just finished and loved it!

kimbabooks's review against another edition

4.0
I loved this book, and found the depictions of heaven believable. The only thing that troubled me were the parts that implied that Christianity (and only a specific type of Christianity) is a prerequisite to entering heaven. This isn't consistent with my beliefs, nor even with all Christian denominations... Some (perhaps many?) Christians embrace a Universalist theology, which includes that Christianity is one way to the "Truth", and "Salvation"; but doesn't invalidate other paths. With all respect to those who believe otherwise, I've never been able to fathom how a just and loving God would allow millions of us to be eternally condemned just for not following the "right" religion. But apart from that nagging concern, I did really love this book, & can't
wait to see the movie version of it.
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kaytee_s's review against another edition

5.0
Wonderful book. Praise to God for giving this little boy the insight!
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ecdahl's review against another edition

1.0
This book was not for me. I couldn't get past the author's "Golly gee, we're just small town REAL Americans" schtick to even begin to consider the details of Colton's story.

gdlutz's review against another edition

2.0
Heaven is for Real could be read and understood in several different ways. Some would see the book as proof of a certain viewpoint. Others might see it as a farce. I see it as evidence of the myriad ways that humans can view that which is bigger than us. The book has a very Christian outlook, and that makes perfect sense, it is written by a Christian minister about his family and their experience. Of course his view will be Christian. The details do not hold importance for me. What is important is the experience of something bigger than us.