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Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Todd Burpo
3.66 AVERAGE
989 reviews for:
Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Todd Burpo
3.66 AVERAGE
This book is amazing! I read it in one evening! Such a touching and powerful true story. I didn't want it to end!
I normally wouldn't read this type of book but there seemed to be a lot of hype surrounding it so I grabbed a copy.
I had a hard time finding the story believable. I felt while reading the book that even though Todd Burpo kept saying he was not asking leading questions to his son, that it honestly felt like he did. He talked about how his son couldn't have known some of these things when they are a religious family, he goes to church and Sunday school. Kids listen, they hear things, they pay attention to pictures, stories etc.
I dunno, it was an okay book, but I just found much of it to be unbelievable or in the very least questionable.
I had a hard time finding the story believable. I felt while reading the book that even though Todd Burpo kept saying he was not asking leading questions to his son, that it honestly felt like he did. He talked about how his son couldn't have known some of these things when they are a religious family, he goes to church and Sunday school. Kids listen, they hear things, they pay attention to pictures, stories etc.
I dunno, it was an okay book, but I just found much of it to be unbelievable or in the very least questionable.
This book is cute and intriguing. But is more a narrative retelling then a first person testimony (which makes sense seeing as how the main narrator is a preschooler!
This book didn't give me very many truths that I don't already believe. I feel if you aren't a Christian or saved then this book might pique your interest in a religion!
If you are a Christian or a Catholic- I don't know how much you will get out of this book other than a confirmation of your beliefs?
This book is a fairly quick read but overall very much just alright.
This book didn't give me very many truths that I don't already believe. I feel if you aren't a Christian or saved then this book might pique your interest in a religion!
If you are a Christian or a Catholic- I don't know how much you will get out of this book other than a confirmation of your beliefs?
This book is a fairly quick read but overall very much just alright.
While it was a sweet book , it is a little too much of a stretch and Christian focus instead of broad ideas that I was expecting.
I've chosen not to rate this book mostly because these people are not authors, they are just telling the story of what happened to them. I know that's what every book does but this one just feels different.
Adding to that, this is a religious book about heaven. I feel I would be expressing a bias because of what I believe if I truly reviewed this book. So I've decided a discussion post would be better suited to it.
It really was a good book and I just flew through it. It is very convincing in a child-like way. Everything that is asserted within this book is said in a way that you know it's the truth, at least for this family.
Religious books in general most of the time aren't my thing. But if there's something you can take away from it other than "be religious or you're going to hell" then I'm all in.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it was good and I enjoyed it, religious or not. If you believe in heaven, this is a great book to strengthen your faith. If you don't but still have an open mind, go for it and experience what other people have.
It's a very short book but it's incredibly easy to read. There are no fancy literary tricks or metaphors. It almost reads like a journal in a way which really brings home the fact that this happened to just regular people. When I read the last page and put the book down, I couldn't stop smiling because it just made me feel so happy. I'm not exactly sure why but if I ever need a pick-me-up book, I think I'll pick up this one.
I also watched the movie and I have to say I liked the book much better. It showed everything in a more gradual light and not as harsh. Don't get me wrong, the movie was good but it was so dramatized with arguing and shunning and all of that that I really doubt actually happened. The movie just didn't give me as good a feeling as the book did.
Have you read this book? What did you think? Have you seen the movie?
Quotes:
“You might as well tell God what you think. He already knows it anyway.”
“What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda. It’s that precious, fleeting time before we have accumulated enough pride or position to care what other people might think. The same un-self-conscious honesty that enables a three-year-old to splash joyfully in a rain puddle, or tumble laughing in the grass with a puppy, or point out loudly that you have a booger hanging out of your nose, is what is required to enter heaven. It is the opposite of ignorance—it is intellectual honesty: to be willing to accept reality and to call things what they are even when it is hard.”
“Sometimes laughter is the only way to process tough times”
“How do you scare some sense into a child who doesn’t fear death?”
"'Colton, what do you want people to know from your story?'
Without hesitation, he looked her in the eye and said, 'I want them to know that heaven is for real.'"
Adding to that, this is a religious book about heaven. I feel I would be expressing a bias because of what I believe if I truly reviewed this book. So I've decided a discussion post would be better suited to it.
It really was a good book and I just flew through it. It is very convincing in a child-like way. Everything that is asserted within this book is said in a way that you know it's the truth, at least for this family.
Religious books in general most of the time aren't my thing. But if there's something you can take away from it other than "be religious or you're going to hell" then I'm all in.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it was good and I enjoyed it, religious or not. If you believe in heaven, this is a great book to strengthen your faith. If you don't but still have an open mind, go for it and experience what other people have.
It's a very short book but it's incredibly easy to read. There are no fancy literary tricks or metaphors. It almost reads like a journal in a way which really brings home the fact that this happened to just regular people. When I read the last page and put the book down, I couldn't stop smiling because it just made me feel so happy. I'm not exactly sure why but if I ever need a pick-me-up book, I think I'll pick up this one.
I also watched the movie and I have to say I liked the book much better. It showed everything in a more gradual light and not as harsh. Don't get me wrong, the movie was good but it was so dramatized with arguing and shunning and all of that that I really doubt actually happened. The movie just didn't give me as good a feeling as the book did.
Have you read this book? What did you think? Have you seen the movie?
Quotes:
“You might as well tell God what you think. He already knows it anyway.”
“What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda. It’s that precious, fleeting time before we have accumulated enough pride or position to care what other people might think. The same un-self-conscious honesty that enables a three-year-old to splash joyfully in a rain puddle, or tumble laughing in the grass with a puppy, or point out loudly that you have a booger hanging out of your nose, is what is required to enter heaven. It is the opposite of ignorance—it is intellectual honesty: to be willing to accept reality and to call things what they are even when it is hard.”
“Sometimes laughter is the only way to process tough times”
“How do you scare some sense into a child who doesn’t fear death?”
"'Colton, what do you want people to know from your story?'
Without hesitation, he looked her in the eye and said, 'I want them to know that heaven is for real.'"
This book gave me so much faith you have no idea. However, I understand why people would be skeptical of the story. It does seem a little ridiculous and kids do say the craziest things! But if you give yourself over to the book, it's beautiful and life changing... Colton prayed for a rainbow and received one so I thought I would try too. Call me crazy but sometime after that I received one as well. You can choose to believe in God, or not! Personal decisions should not bother anyone but well maybe the person themselves. But as I turned the pages of that book I FELT God with me, I believed... And it was great! I find myself thinking about this book a lot. It taught me a great deal and I am grateful. I recommend this book to anyone, except if you believe in multiple animal gods... Might not be as relevant as it could... Not judging though! Seriously, to sum it up, life changing book, super short, easy read, believe in it :)
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A little cheesy at times, but a very moving book.