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I hardly ever review books, but I was really disappointed by this one. I had read rave reviews for it around the web. I got a few chapters into it and gave up. This is a written in a very bizarre style. I had a hard time finding the message (or following the general flow of her writing) in all of the imagery. The idea behind this is a good one, but unfortunately - for me - it was lost in the author's writing style.


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One Thousand Gifts A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are Ann Voskamp 9780310321910 Books Reviews

I’m sorry to say that for years I’d consider reading this book but would read the negative reviews on her writing style and then would always decide to save my money. After yet again another recommendation for me to read this, I finally decided to go for it although I was certainly hesitant going into it.

I just read the last page and would like to share for anyone else that has been on the fence, READ IT. It is the most captivating, powerful, and transformational book I have ever read. Her words and writing style are wondrously beautiful. I really have no words that could even bring justice to its beauty. This book reached my core and put language to my heart’s cry that I actually found myself crying throughout the book and I could not help myself! It draws you in to a sacredness that compels you to see your world differently.

This book is a game-changer.
One of the best books i have read in a long time! I am reading slowly, since Ann Voskamp has a deep understanding of our humanness! She is painfully honest from her life testimonies. I'm inspired by her reflective, poetic style of writing. For many years i have often wondered how it would be possible to be thankful in every situation! Ann beautifully describes the "Euchristeo" effect on our lives. it is definitely not a book to speed-read through, but she gently causes me to ask myself some deep questions. I like the phrase, "I can't fill with joy until I learn how to trust. The full life, the one spilling joy and peace, happens only as I come to trust the caress of the Lover, Lover who never burdens His children with shame or self-condemnation but keeps stroking the fears with gentle grace."

I have bought several copies to give to friends, and i have also downloaded on my Iphone! Linda Reinhardt
Really, really hard to follow. Her writing style is very free form and confusing. Sorry!
I may be among the minority but I could not finish reading this book. It was very hard for me to get into then continuing was just not possible. Next time I’ll make sure to read the lower star reviews as well before making a purchase. The book is slow and drawn out when getting to the point. Yet even when getting there it wasn’t always meaningful. The terms used and grim expressions were unsettling. Just not what I expected.
Ann Voskamp's writing style is poetic and flowing, and I've read reviews indicating that's bothersome. It's more a psalm than a gospel, more a poem than a narrative tale. But it IS her story, of coming through tragedy and trying one way to live and then dropping all her defenses and being open to whatever God gives.

Her view, her way of telling what she sees, and her bedrock foundation in Scripture make this a book worth having, even if you don't like her writing style.

I know there are folks who have problems with it. For example, her use of the Scriptural analogy of bride and groom to explain the relationship between Christ and His church, for example, apparently gives some people the heebie-jeebies. (I would encourage them to remember just exactly WHERE she found that picture, to begin with.) Apparently, her finding God's fingerprints in her life on every single surface also undoes some people. I don't know what to say to them, except perhaps they might benefit from reading Brother Laurence's "Practicing the Presence." Perhaps the writing style in that book is more suited to their tastes, and the message is about the same you find what you look for. Worship isn't singing, it's praising and serving and listening to God--things better done in the minutes of mundane life than in the hour or so most folks spend in church each week.
God has given Mrs. Voskamp an incredible talent in being able to put her thoughts down on paper so beautifully. I am not a profound or deep thinker so I was amazed that I was caught right up in the amazing insights God has given this woman. It took me a few pages to get used to her style of writing, lots of incomplete sentences, but once I caught on I was swept away by her style. The first few pages had me sobbing with the intensity of her sorrow but it quickly leveled out and became less intense. It continues on like that throughout the book, sometimes very deep and thought provoking and other times almost boring and slow. Occasionally I found myself bored as she can tend to drag out the thought process but it was definitely worth it to stick with it and finish. My mother who is a deep and sometimes melancholy thinker, easily depressed by sin and sorrow, couldn't read the book. She said it was too much like she already thinks everyday and it was too heavy. When she reads she wants something light or if it is spiritually deep, short. The chapters are definitely long so I understood what she was saying. But for me, who needed someone to help me process though deeper thoughts like why we suffer and what to do with our suffering, I found it extremely helpful, Biblical and uplifting.
I was hopeful, but finally just gave up on the book 3/4 of the way through. It really doesn't have any deep grit, or offer deep theological life applications for helping one get through tough times. I wasted much of my time reading about her romantic moments with the farmer and her running through a field at night with a camera.
I hardly ever review books, but I was really disappointed by this one. I had read rave reviews for it around the web. I got a few chapters into it and gave up. This is a written in a very bizarre style. I had a hard time finding the message (or following the general flow of her writing) in all of the imagery. The idea behind this is a good one, but unfortunately - for me - it was lost in the author's writing style.