A review by knod78
Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen Hatmaker

2.0

When I picked up this book at a talk, I thought it would be girl power. What I got was girl power interlaced with God and Jesus. For someone who doesn’t believe that God is everywhere and we do things in the name of God, it was hard to wrap my head around the things that were said. I believe people change and evolve to better themselves and not because God is every changing. I rolled my eyes on a lot of the chapters. And I completely understand where she comes from and these are her beliefs. More power to her, but it’s not my ideal read. My other issue is that she wittered on and on and on, often times with repetitive information. The introduction alone only needed to be a page and a half. At one point, she wrote this is my last thought on this subject, and then kept going for four more pages. Consequently, I spent many chapters glazed over, losing focus or interest. I’m actually surprised I finished this book.
But I did. And mainly because the chapters did have great nuggets of truth. The How To chapters alone is what gave this book two stars instead of one star.