The Shack - William P. Young

Mackenzie Phillips and his family are struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of their young daughter Missy. Years later, and presumed dead, Mack is still haunted by her disappearance and a lot of his blame lands at the door of himself and God for letting it happen. A strange note appears in his letterbox one day which asks him to return to the shack in which Missy's blood soaked dress is found and it is signed by the affectionate name his wife has for God - Papa. Is someone playing a nasty trick on Mack? Is the note really from God? This is the story of what happens when Mack arrives at the shack - who is there to greet him and what ...  Read the complete review

The Shack WM Paul Young 2007 Now I have no idea how Dooyoo decided that this was a crime/thriller. Okay there is an abduction and murder, but that is not the story at all...well, I say that but.... Okay, let me start again. I went into WH Smiths the other day, armed with a few Dooyoo recommendations and my credit card, two for one, great stuff, so intending to buy two books, I left with ten. I saw this on the 'bestsellers' shelf and it states proudly 'New York Times Bestseller, over one million copies in print'. Added to this there are review statements like: 'Brilliant! One of the most faith enhancing ...  Read the complete review

As per normal, it seems I must disagree with my fellow Dooyooers once again. I am very sorry to report that I found nothing emotional or redeeming about this book whatsoever and instead found myself being asked to suspend disbelief beyond even my humble ability. I am very surprised that the book has garnered such rave reviews both here and on Amazon but suspect that much of it's success lies behind the enormous amount of hype that has been thrust upon it.... I had been wanting to read this book for a few months ever since I first saw it on the shelves at all the big book-shops so when I saw it offered as a swap on Readitswapit, I thought I should give it a go. ...  Read the complete review

'The Shack' by William Paul Young appeared on one of my Amazon lists and immediately caught my attention. I tend to consider most books where the star rating is four or above and this one was sitting at four. What really got my curiosity up though was the split of the ratings. Of the 259 people to have reviewed it 58% had given it full marks with 20% giving it the minimum mark. Books which are based on religion tend to polarise people but even still I thought that this was worth a try with so many people giving it full marks. I can't really sum the story up any better than the back of the book does itself so here is some of the text from ...  Read the complete review

The Shack - One of my top five best books ever!! When my friend lent me this book I really wasn't sure about it and didn't read it. I find books on this kind of topic i.e a child being abducted and other such things personally very difficult to read. However my friend persisted in encouraging me to read it and so I did and I can't truly describe how much I love this book....it is AMAZING!!!! It is in my humble opinion well worth a read!! In fact I've brought around 7/8 copies (I've lost count) to lend or give to people. Okay Mossy we can tell you like it...7/8 copies that's commitment....but what's it about??? It is about a guy ...  Read the complete review