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Review: Heart-warming - What an astonishing range of reactions Wm. Paul Young's little novel The Shack has provoked. The enormous number and variety of reviews suggest it is either a great work of literature comparable with Pilgrim's Progress if not the Bible itself; or worthless garbage on the grounds of its being: (1) anti-Christian and deceptive; (2) anti-intellectual and theologically bankrupt; (3) very weak literature that is: (a) arcane, ill-constructed, mush-mouthed tripe; (b) too simplistic; or (c) ponderous, impenetrable, and jargon-heavy. I don't agree with any of the above assessments, so let me propose a different one. The story of Mackenzie "Mack" Allen Phillips is presented as if ghost-written by his friend Willie; I think those who criticize the book on literary grounds are failing to allow for this nuance. The story has been accurately described many times in other reviews so I'll avoid repetition. For a father to lose a beloved child is hard enough; for this to happen in the way described in the book - her abduction by a mass murderer while the father was only feet away - would be as difficult an event to bear as almost any I could conceive. However strong someone's faith in God, these circumstances would surely test that faith to the full as is portrayed in Mack's "Great Sadness" and tension within his family. As a suicide counselor I heard countless people ask "Where was God?" in response to changes in their lives less profound than the fictional Mack's so I can relate to the issue on a personal level. For those who slam the book as anti-Christian I have this to say. It is a work of fiction; I thought of the events described at the shack as an elaborate dream that Mack experienced not as "real" even in the context of the story. But what is special about this dream (or real events if that is how others read the story) is that the experiencing of it brings about real and necessary changes in his life and those of his family. His faith in God is restored along with his engagement in the world and his ability to forgive; in fact his life is transformed by the experience for the better. I cannot see anything about this that could be described as anti-Christian; it is exactly what Christ asked of us. This is a short novel; I read it in under three hours. In no sense could it be expected to serve as an apologetic in the style of a CS Lewis, a Keller or a Copan. But it would be a mistake to dismiss the theology in the book, which at times is quite profound. Here's an example from p.127: "broken humans center their lives around things that seem good to them but will neither fill them nor free them. They are addicted to power, or to the illusion of security that power offers. When a disaster happens, those same people will turn against the false powers they trusted." Another is found on p.137: "Then is it's you who determines good and evil. You become the judge. And to make things more confusing, that which you determine to be good will change over time and circumstance. And then, beyond that and even worse, there are billions of you, each determining what is good and what is evil. So when your good and evil clash with your neighbor's, fights and arguments ensue and even wars break out ... And if there is no reality of good that is absolute, then you have lost any basis for judging. It is just language, and one might as well exchange the word good for evil." These extracts capture very well the reasons why we must not act as judges - which is one of Christ's strongest messages to us. Those who claim the book brings God down to our level or puts him in a box are missing the point of the narrative: I suggest they re-read it bearing in mind the points I have made above. All we know of God is that we know almost nothing - except that he is all good, all loving and merciful. So the fact that Young's allegory (actually that of the character in his story) for God may differ from someone else's is not valid ground for criticism; rather it should cause one reflection upon exactly why we feel that we have God figured out better than another person. The God described by Mack with Willie's help is clearly capable of appearing in whatever form suits his purpose; those who insist that God appear as portrayed in the Old Testament are actually more guilty of the "God in a box" error than Young. If it had achieved no more than warming the heart of a veteran (thank you Timekeeper Dave for opening your heart to us) this would be a worthwhile contribution to literature. That it has brought the faith debate down from the ether and into everyday conversation makes it especially valuable and I recommend it to anyone with an open mind.
Review: That it is a Christian book - Book review on the shack a shack in the winter a girl gone a poet in every chapter about life. This book is called the shack by William P Young a Christian book that teaches of you about the importance of forgiving the ones that had made mistakes no matter what mistakes they made this book is how a man named Mac and how his young daughter died, and he must learn to forgive the people that have hurt him something that moved the story forward is how it started gets kidnapped while they’re camping and they didn’t end up finding her but they find the dress and her blood so this leads to how he gets so upset over the grief he goes looking for her trying to find the guy that killed her then he ends up seeing this house in a spring feeling which confuses him due to the weather being winter then he meets God and God tells him it is important to forgive no matter what so they’re working and on their way to forgive the person that killed her they eventually find her and then she forgive because even though what he did was wrong. It is still right to forgive people that would appeal to this would be teens or adults that need more of an understanding of why God wants us to forgive and why it is still important and people that just want a general understanding of no matter how bad that someone did something it’s still important to forgive it really good strength about this book is how it really does describe and it’s easy to print pictures in your brain. It’s also really good for people to get a general under standing of how and when something isn’t there it could be there no matter where a person or God isn’t at still watching you and protecting you a weakness would be how it describes some of the stuff that it might be sad for some readers, it is a sad book, but it is still very thought through the dialogue starts to really make sense after you get the understanding and the concept of why is important to forgive and after you see what happened to this man too, Mac it really does make the dialogue. Make sense I really did like what the author did revealing characters because it brought out some of Max pass so we were able to see what happened to him as a kid and see what happens or what we get a better understanding of max life. I did like how some of the decisions seemed realistic, but it showed what some might actually be feeling when or if this were to happen to another person‘s life and it would really does bring out another person might be feeling that made it more exciting to read because of how we were able to see how it made this guy feel so the more we went on in the story it was able to make them understand why this other person might do did in the story I really do enjoy this book because of how it makes it seem that it is true and what happened sometimes so important to forgive and to get a general understanding of what God is this is a really great book because of the suspense at the end and the suspense that the ending just leaves exciting and how it leads all up to this and just it makes it more enjoyable to be able to see from a perspective so the ending is something you might not guess the shack by William P Young

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #40,731 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Religious Mysteries (Books) #9 in Contemporary Christian Fiction (Books) #10 in Christian Classics & Allegories (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 42,602 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heart-warming
*by R***6 on November 19, 2009*

What an astonishing range of reactions Wm. Paul Young's little novel The Shack has provoked. The enormous number and variety of reviews suggest it is either a great work of literature comparable with Pilgrim's Progress if not the Bible itself; or worthless garbage on the grounds of its being: (1) anti-Christian and deceptive; (2) anti-intellectual and theologically bankrupt; (3) very weak literature that is: (a) arcane, ill-constructed, mush-mouthed tripe; (b) too simplistic; or (c) ponderous, impenetrable, and jargon-heavy. I don't agree with any of the above assessments, so let me propose a different one. The story of Mackenzie "Mack" Allen Phillips is presented as if ghost-written by his friend Willie; I think those who criticize the book on literary grounds are failing to allow for this nuance. The story has been accurately described many times in other reviews so I'll avoid repetition. For a father to lose a beloved child is hard enough; for this to happen in the way described in the book - her abduction by a mass murderer while the father was only feet away - would be as difficult an event to bear as almost any I could conceive. However strong someone's faith in God, these circumstances would surely test that faith to the full as is portrayed in Mack's "Great Sadness" and tension within his family. As a suicide counselor I heard countless people ask "Where was God?" in response to changes in their lives less profound than the fictional Mack's so I can relate to the issue on a personal level. For those who slam the book as anti-Christian I have this to say. It is a work of fiction; I thought of the events described at the shack as an elaborate dream that Mack experienced not as "real" even in the context of the story. But what is special about this dream (or real events if that is how others read the story) is that the experiencing of it brings about real and necessary changes in his life and those of his family. His faith in God is restored along with his engagement in the world and his ability to forgive; in fact his life is transformed by the experience for the better. I cannot see anything about this that could be described as anti-Christian; it is exactly what Christ asked of us. This is a short novel; I read it in under three hours. In no sense could it be expected to serve as an apologetic in the style of a CS Lewis, a Keller or a Copan. But it would be a mistake to dismiss the theology in the book, which at times is quite profound. Here's an example from p.127: "broken humans center their lives around things that seem good to them but will neither fill them nor free them. They are addicted to power, or to the illusion of security that power offers. When a disaster happens, those same people will turn against the false powers they trusted." Another is found on p.137: "Then is it's you who determines good and evil. You become the judge. And to make things more confusing, that which you determine to be good will change over time and circumstance. And then, beyond that and even worse, there are billions of you, each determining what is good and what is evil. So when your good and evil clash with your neighbor's, fights and arguments ensue and even wars break out ... And if there is no reality of good that is absolute, then you have lost any basis for judging. It is just language, and one might as well exchange the word good for evil." These extracts capture very well the reasons why we must not act as judges - which is one of Christ's strongest messages to us. Those who claim the book brings God down to our level or puts him in a box are missing the point of the narrative: I suggest they re-read it bearing in mind the points I have made above. All we know of God is that we know almost nothing - except that he is all good, all loving and merciful. So the fact that Young's allegory (actually that of the character in his story) for God may differ from someone else's is not valid ground for criticism; rather it should cause one reflection upon exactly why we feel that we have God figured out better than another person. The God described by Mack with Willie's help is clearly capable of appearing in whatever form suits his purpose; those who insist that God appear as portrayed in the Old Testament are actually more guilty of the "God in a box" error than Young. If it had achieved no more than warming the heart of a veteran (thank you Timekeeper Dave for opening your heart to us) this would be a worthwhile contribution to literature. That it has brought the faith debate down from the ether and into everyday conversation makes it especially valuable and I recommend it to anyone with an open mind.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ That it is a Christian book
*by T***S on November 4, 2025*

Book review on the shack a shack in the winter a girl gone a poet in every chapter about life. This book is called the shack by William P Young a Christian book that teaches of you about the importance of forgiving the ones that had made mistakes no matter what mistakes they made this book is how a man named Mac and how his young daughter died, and he must learn to forgive the people that have hurt him something that moved the story forward is how it started gets kidnapped while they’re camping and they didn’t end up finding her but they find the dress and her blood so this leads to how he gets so upset over the grief he goes looking for her trying to find the guy that killed her then he ends up seeing this house in a spring feeling which confuses him due to the weather being winter then he meets God and God tells him it is important to forgive no matter what so they’re working and on their way to forgive the person that killed her they eventually find her and then she forgive because even though what he did was wrong. It is still right to forgive people that would appeal to this would be teens or adults that need more of an understanding of why God wants us to forgive and why it is still important and people that just want a general understanding of no matter how bad that someone did something it’s still important to forgive it really good strength about this book is how it really does describe and it’s easy to print pictures in your brain. It’s also really good for people to get a general under standing of how and when something isn’t there it could be there no matter where a person or God isn’t at still watching you and protecting you a weakness would be how it describes some of the stuff that it might be sad for some readers, it is a sad book, but it is still very thought through the dialogue starts to really make sense after you get the understanding and the concept of why is important to forgive and after you see what happened to this man too, Mac it really does make the dialogue. Make sense I really did like what the author did revealing characters because it brought out some of Max pass so we were able to see what happened to him as a kid and see what happens or what we get a better understanding of max life. I did like how some of the decisions seemed realistic, but it showed what some might actually be feeling when or if this were to happen to another person‘s life and it would really does bring out another person might be feeling that made it more exciting to read because of how we were able to see how it made this guy feel so the more we went on in the story it was able to make them understand why this other person might do did in the story I really do enjoy this book because of how it makes it seem that it is true and what happened sometimes so important to forgive and to get a general understanding of what God is this is a really great book because of the suspense at the end and the suspense that the ending just leaves exciting and how it leads all up to this and just it makes it more enjoyable to be able to see from a perspective so the ending is something you might not guess the shack by William P Young

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You Won't Regret Reading The Shack!
*by K***. on April 3, 2017*

I'd heard of The Shack a long time ago but never really considered reading it at the time. I'll admit, I became more interested when I learned it was going to be a movie. My personal rule of thumb is that I always have to read the book before I see the movie since there are so many more details in books than movies can possibly cover. I've also developed a fondness for Christian inspiration and Christian fiction books which was another incentive for me to read this book! The Shack is a fiction novel set in the Pacific Northwest and the main protagonist is Mackenzie (Mack) Allen Philips. Four years ago, Mack and his children were camping when his youngest daughter, Missy was abducted and everyone believes she may have been murdered. Understandably, Mack blames himself and enters what he calls his Great Sadness. His family tries to accept what has happened but Mack has issues from his childhood which also prevent him from moving forward. He also can't understand why God would let this happen, which is what many people may wonder. On a particularly icy day, Mack heads down his slippery driveway to the mailbox and discovers a note from "Papa," asking him to meet Him at the shack, a place Mack wants to avoid. He decides to go to the shack and it ends up being a major turning point in his life. I actually started this book once before I read it in its entirety this second time. The very beginning is difficult to read and digest but it's also a very essential part of the book. My mother-in--law also read it and said once you get past the first part of the book, it gets a lot easier to read. I agree with this and, once I got past the first part, I flew through it. Even though this book is a fiction novel, it felt like it could be a real-life experience. That's how much this book engaged me and made me think and feel. Mack has a lot of questions that many of us can relate to, no matter what our losses and issues are, so as he was working through his thoughts and feelings, I felt myself doing the same. Many of us have experienced loss of some kind or have questions that leave us wondering why certain things would happen to us. I've had some unresolved questions for many years and reading this book gave me some comfort that I'm not alone and God is always there. I'm so glad I read this book because I loved it and am now excited to see the movie! The book is very well-written and will make you giggle at times, cry at others and feel content. It may also encourage you to consider your own life and realize you aren't alone. If you have any interest at all in reading The Shack, I highly recommend it. I have a friend who is going to borrow it now that I'm done and she's very excited to read it as well!

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