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Heretics Anonymous
by Katie Henry
3.5 Stars
I liked this book and I think it had some very important things to say. I particularly enjoyed the message concerning how everyone’s struggles are valid and none are necessarily ‘worse’ than another. You have to respect and learn from your struggles as well as respect and try and understand what other people are going through. There was also a very strong friendship aspect to this book which I personally don’t see often in the books I read. Whenever I find a book with a focus on friendship I’m pleasantly surprised. Of course religion was a huge part of this book and I feel like it was dealt with in a really great way. None of the religions (or non religions) were discriminated against in any way and quite a few religions and variations on them were mentioned in the book. I really liked how much the fact that just because you are a part of a religion doesn’t mean you have to necessarily follow every part of it was pushed in the book because I feel like this is very important for people to understand. It is also important for people to not be hypocritical in their beliefs. You can not pick and choose what you believe because you ‘feel like it’. You can not berate and belittle people because of your religion. At the same time though, you can’t belittle anyone who is religious if you don’t follow a specific religion. Everyone should be treated with equal respect.
There were a few parts of this book however that I was not a fan of. I was hoping that a lot more would be expanded on towards the end that wasn’t and that was disappointing and there were some points in the plot that I found unnecessary and dull.
I liked this book and I think it had some very important things to say. I particularly enjoyed the message concerning how everyone’s struggles are valid and none are necessarily ‘worse’ than another. You have to respect and learn from your struggles as well as respect and try and understand what other people are going through. There was also a very strong friendship aspect to this book which I personally don’t see often in the books I read. Whenever I find a book with a focus on friendship I’m pleasantly surprised. Of course religion was a huge part of this book and I feel like it was dealt with in a really great way. None of the religions (or non religions) were discriminated against in any way and quite a few religions and variations on them were mentioned in the book. I really liked how much the fact that just because you are a part of a religion doesn’t mean you have to necessarily follow every part of it was pushed in the book because I feel like this is very important for people to understand. It is also important for people to not be hypocritical in their beliefs. You can not pick and choose what you believe because you ‘feel like it’. You can not berate and belittle people because of your religion. At the same time though, you can’t belittle anyone who is religious if you don’t follow a specific religion. Everyone should be treated with equal respect.
There were a few parts of this book however that I was not a fan of. I was hoping that a lot more would be expanded on towards the end that wasn’t and that was disappointing and there were some points in the plot that I found unnecessary and dull.