Book Synopsis:
Kyle and Kelsey Kupecky couldn't have dreamed a better love story for themselves had it been scripted by a bestselling novelist like Kelsey's mom, Karen Kingsbury. In fact, if you asked them, Kyle and Kelsey would name God as the author of their story. And they're glad they trusted him to write it for them.
Unfortunately, too many girls hoping for their own happily-ever-after have taken matters into their own hands, chasing after boys when they should be chasing after God. And that inevitably leads to heartache, low self-esteem, and poor choices as girls give in to pressure from media and peers to look and act a certain way to attract guys.
Kyle and Kelsey want girls to know that it's never too late to trust God with their love lives, that wherever they are, there's always hope for the future. Through their own story and the stories of others who long for love, they show girls how to put God first, how to value and protect their purity, how to deal with loneliness and bullying, and how to see themselves as God does--a one-in-a-million girl who deserves no less than God's best.
My Review:
3/5 stars. Most of the insight/advice in this book I already knew, so it wasn’t very applicable. I also had some issues in general with how it was presented.
The first thing that stuck out to me was the Bible translation choices for the Scripture references. I'm always a bit concerned when a book quotes The Message version, but then this book also started quoting from a version I had never heard of, VOICE. The translations of the quoted verses seem weird, so I looked into that version and found out it completely changes the meaning of verses. While some of the translations quoted were okay, NIV and NLT, the majority of the references were in heavily paraphrased versions.
This book included a lot of stories about the bad decisions/situations of people that the authors knew personally. Some of these stories felt like very extreme examples of not to do, so they weren't relatable because most people wouldn't act the way the people mentioned did. A few reviewers pointed out that all the personal stories felt kind of mean and not their place to be sharing. A lot of the details given would be embarrassing to the people involved. I agree with this thought.
Similarly, I felt like the authors rarely talked about their own faults and flaws. They wrote a lot about how they stayed pure and were following God even when it was hard. It's not that I don't think that's possible and is the case for some people, but the book doesn't feel as meaningful if they don't have personal examples of when they messed up and learned from it. They talked about the mistakes of others, but not really their own.
Another small issue I had with the information presented in this book is that their attitude about it felt very broad and matter-of-fact. Things like "girls want this" or "guys think like this" were stated very simply, as if that's just a fact of life and there aren't exceptions.
Moving on to the positives, I agree with most of what this book says, The overall message is about trusting God and loving Him more than any relationship, which is true. There were a couple little things I somewhat disagreed with, but for the most part it was all good advice. I also liked that each chapter title was the name of a song, that was a cute little detail.
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