The Golden Thread by
Darlene Zschech is a Christian non-fiction on the topic of God’s continued
presence through the storms of life and the importance of maintaining worship
in all seasons.
I gave this book 2.5
out of 5 stars. This book just didn’t do anything for me. I struggled with the
writing style and format. Even at 25 percent of the way through the book I
wasn’t able to define what I thought Zschech was trying to say or teach. It
felt like she hopped around a lot without the solid thread of the theme pulling
the book along.
I also found the
amount of quoting problematic. I do enjoy and appreciate when authors use
scripture to support their teaching and refer to other leaders of the faith and
quote them; however, not to this extent. It feels like around 1/3 of her book
is quotes (only 2/3 her own content, if that).
To be honest, I am also
not the biggest fan of authors using different versions of the Bible for most
of their quotes. If they are comparing the same verse in say two or three
version, I don’t mind; but that isn’t what is done here. I especially
disapprove of using a paraphrase as a reference. Not to mention the few places
when no version is mentioned at all. I found all of this to be very distracting
while reading.
I do think Zschech has
something important to say here and was quite disappointed that it just seemed
to get lost in everything else.
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