Review of ...on your way home...Do This
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Review of ...on your way home...Do This
[Following is a volunteer review of "...on your way home...Do This" by George Six.]
On your way home...do this by George Six is a book that shares the experience that George Six had in the course of his ministry. Circumstances make him take up the ministerial work at an age in a person's life in which he has more responsibilities as a family man and a member of the society.
Having been an active Democrat and an engineer by education and profession, he has contributed greatly to the growth of his society but God has a way of bringing his own close to him no matter how hard they try to run. As one of those in the Six family that was spared by cancer and other prevalent family challenges, George takes it upon himself to propagate the gospel. How does he cope with the many challenges and opposition surrounding him? Does he succeed or does he give up to these oppositions? What can we learn from his story? Find out about these questions in On your way home... do this by George Six.
The book was written in a first person narrative. The plot of the book needed a little work as the author kept repeating stories and events that had already been told in the story and these repetitions seemed to interrupt the flow of the story. Most times in the middle of a narration, he would bring up another story which would last for a while and would end in such a way that you wouldn't know when he switched back to the initial narration. There were always intercepting stories and in my opinion, it was disturbing. Apart from this, the plot was okay.
The setting of the book was in the US and the events in the book took place before technology found its way into the society.
The language of the book was simple and easy to understand. I commend the author for this because most of the 1900's book I had read were written in language that was prevalent that time, making use of words and slangs that were used in those days but George's Six used simple slangs-free language.
I also noticed that he tried his best not to use vulgar words even when it was necessary he used them. An example of this can be seen in page 40 paragraph 4. Here he was quoting the statement made by a fellow minister which had the f-word and instead of writing it full, he made use of asterisk in the middle part of the word.
What I liked most about the book was the knowledge that the author gave about life and technology in those days. In this book i learnt about the Studebaker which is a means of transportation, that was my first time of ever hearing about it. I also learnt about the technological tools that were used in those days. An example of this was the swamp cooler which is similar to our modern day fan. It was hung on the windows during hot weather conditions to blow cool air into the house it was hung.
Another thing I loved about the book was the little stories hr told about other people whom he had met in his journey. He did not just concentrate on his story but he added these little stories about others to spice up his book.
The part I enjoyed most was the part where his son was crushed by a farm tractor after he feel from the hydraulic box. I loved the way he tried to keep the little boy alert so that he would not go into coma. He believed that the boy would not die and it worked for him. The story helped to strengthen me to always hope for the best no matter the situation.
One thing I did not like about the book was the title. To be frank, when I decided to read the book after i had read the brief description given about it, I thought that it was going to be a book about what to do when away from home or something related to that but after I had read the book to the end, I found the title had no relationship with the book content.
Another thing I didn't like about it was the author included some ideas without much details. An example of this can be seen in page 10 paragraph 6 - "I most likely was lost with the changes that had come to what had been home and family. It was Eden. The boy on the tricycle was gone". I would have loved it if the author had explained a little bit about the boy on the tricycle, how he left and what made him leave.
On your way home...do this is a book fit for all ages as the language was really good and there was zero tolerance for profanity but there were so many noticeable mistakes that made this book look unprofessionally edited. I give it 3 stars out of 4 stars because of the knowledge it had in stock and the simplicity of the language.
I recommend this book to lovers of Christian books and to potential ministers.
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...on your way home...Do This
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On your way home...do this by George Six is a book that shares the experience that George Six had in the course of his ministry. Circumstances make him take up the ministerial work at an age in a person's life in which he has more responsibilities as a family man and a member of the society.
Having been an active Democrat and an engineer by education and profession, he has contributed greatly to the growth of his society but God has a way of bringing his own close to him no matter how hard they try to run. As one of those in the Six family that was spared by cancer and other prevalent family challenges, George takes it upon himself to propagate the gospel. How does he cope with the many challenges and opposition surrounding him? Does he succeed or does he give up to these oppositions? What can we learn from his story? Find out about these questions in On your way home... do this by George Six.
The book was written in a first person narrative. The plot of the book needed a little work as the author kept repeating stories and events that had already been told in the story and these repetitions seemed to interrupt the flow of the story. Most times in the middle of a narration, he would bring up another story which would last for a while and would end in such a way that you wouldn't know when he switched back to the initial narration. There were always intercepting stories and in my opinion, it was disturbing. Apart from this, the plot was okay.
The setting of the book was in the US and the events in the book took place before technology found its way into the society.
The language of the book was simple and easy to understand. I commend the author for this because most of the 1900's book I had read were written in language that was prevalent that time, making use of words and slangs that were used in those days but George's Six used simple slangs-free language.
I also noticed that he tried his best not to use vulgar words even when it was necessary he used them. An example of this can be seen in page 40 paragraph 4. Here he was quoting the statement made by a fellow minister which had the f-word and instead of writing it full, he made use of asterisk in the middle part of the word.
What I liked most about the book was the knowledge that the author gave about life and technology in those days. In this book i learnt about the Studebaker which is a means of transportation, that was my first time of ever hearing about it. I also learnt about the technological tools that were used in those days. An example of this was the swamp cooler which is similar to our modern day fan. It was hung on the windows during hot weather conditions to blow cool air into the house it was hung.
Another thing I loved about the book was the little stories hr told about other people whom he had met in his journey. He did not just concentrate on his story but he added these little stories about others to spice up his book.
The part I enjoyed most was the part where his son was crushed by a farm tractor after he feel from the hydraulic box. I loved the way he tried to keep the little boy alert so that he would not go into coma. He believed that the boy would not die and it worked for him. The story helped to strengthen me to always hope for the best no matter the situation.
One thing I did not like about the book was the title. To be frank, when I decided to read the book after i had read the brief description given about it, I thought that it was going to be a book about what to do when away from home or something related to that but after I had read the book to the end, I found the title had no relationship with the book content.
Another thing I didn't like about it was the author included some ideas without much details. An example of this can be seen in page 10 paragraph 6 - "I most likely was lost with the changes that had come to what had been home and family. It was Eden. The boy on the tricycle was gone". I would have loved it if the author had explained a little bit about the boy on the tricycle, how he left and what made him leave.
On your way home...do this is a book fit for all ages as the language was really good and there was zero tolerance for profanity but there were so many noticeable mistakes that made this book look unprofessionally edited. I give it 3 stars out of 4 stars because of the knowledge it had in stock and the simplicity of the language.
I recommend this book to lovers of Christian books and to potential ministers.
******
...on your way home...Do This
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