Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Fourth Fisherman

When the story of the fishermen hit the news a few years back, I was intrigued (as was much of the world, obviously). So when I had the opportunity to review this book, I jumped at it. While the story was interesting, it left me feeling a little "meh."
Joe Kissack weaves the story of the fishermen with his own life story. Theirs is a beautiful story of dependence and faith in God; his is a story of a rich guy realizing that he needs God. I had a hard time understanding why or how the two fit together.
Honestly, his parts kind of annoyed me. I know he was only talking about his success to make his point, but it kind of left me wondering what (if anything) he really did to help the fishermen. Ultimately, the book isn't really about the fishermen - it's about Joe. The fishermen almost play supporting roles to his story, which I feel is kind of unfortunate. He went in promising to get their story out to the world, but it almost feels that he used it as a springboard for his own.
I don't want to criticize this book too harshly, as I did enjoy much of it. It kept me interested, and the message was good in many ways.
Disclaimer: I received this book free from Waterbrook Multnomah through Blogging for Books - their book review program. I wasn't required to post a positive review. These are my own opinions on this book.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for your thoughts and the review. Sounds like an interesting book.

    Happy 4th of July!!! :O)

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