Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My one-star review is coming from a Christian, and is based on the fact that this book is marketed and sold as a Christian book, but the focus has little to do with Christ and everything to do with self. This book is full of flowery, feel-good words that have little meaning, and what little meaning they have is often hard to decipher. Lysa’s writing style is very artistic, using lots of repetitive words in different forms, and so many alliterations. SO MANY ALLITERATIONS. It’s not a bad thing. She’s a good writer. But, there is so much flowery language it’s often hard to grasp what she’s actually saying. In addition, I believe there is misinterpreted scripture throughout. One example is her use of Genesis 2:25. She writes: “One of my favorite verses in the Bible is, “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame” (Genesis 2:25). They were vulnerable... not at risk of being exposed but so very open to being loved. They didn’t feel ashamed of themselves. They didn’t shame each other. They didn’t act shamefully in any way. I’ve often said this was because “they had no other opinions to contend with but the absolute love of God.”(1) This is true.” Adam and Eve didn’t feel shame because there was no sin in Genesis 2:25. That verse comes before the fall. It has nothing to do with being vulnerable with one another (as she goes on to suggest), or being “open to being loved,” and everything to do with the perfect (literally), sinless world they lived in. This is just one example of how Lysa pulls scripture to fit her writing rather than fit her writing to what scripture says. Besides that, and my biggest reason for the one star, is that this is a self-help book. Not a Christ centered, gospel driven Christian book, but one that over and over again focuses on what YOU need to do for YOURSELF in order to forgive others, and not the power of what Christ has done on the cross for you.