Comments on: Catholic Book Review: The Shack (Part 1: Literary Review) http://www.fromtheabbey.com/Study/blog/2009/07/catholic-book-review-the-shack-literary-review/ Increasing Catholic literacy & making Catholics think. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mairianna Clyde http://www.fromtheabbey.com/Study/blog/2009/07/catholic-book-review-the-shack-literary-review/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Mairianna Clyde Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.fromtheabbey.com/Study/blog/?p=627#comment-413 Totally agree. It's the most mawdling pedestrian book I have ever read. Totally juvenile (never mind the hippy-dippy theology). It's the Waltons with a murder. I've never come across large subjects so badly treated. The literary equivalent of ham acting. The names 'Mack' and 'Nan' got to me too. And the cliche of the Scots-Irish belting boozing Bible reading father. Just dreadful. The main character is a Lost Boy looking for his mummy. No wonder she shows up as God. A total wooss. No sympathy for the self-pitying wretch at all. It's the wee girl who's the realvictim, but she's just a convenient prop for his mawdling self-pity. Disgusting to use the murder of a child like that. Sorry, I weary you. But tragic that so many think this is a good book.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('413','Mairianna Clyde'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('413','Mairianna Clyde','Totally agree. It\'s the most mawdling pedestrian book I have ever read. Totally juvenile (never mind the hippy-dippy theology). It\'s the Waltons with a murder. I\'ve never come across large subjects so badly treated. The literary equivalent of ham acting.\r\n\r\nThe names \'Mack\' and \'Nan\' got to me too. And the cliche of the Scots-Irish belting boozing Bible reading father.\r\n\r\nJust dreadful. \r\n\r\nThe main character is a Lost Boy looking for his mummy. No wonder she shows up as God. A total wooss. No sympathy for the self-pitying wretch at all. It\'s the wee girl who\'s the realvictim, but she\'s just a convenient prop for his mawdling self-pity. Disgusting to use the murder of a child like that.\r\n\r\nSorry, I weary you. But tragic that so many think this is a good book.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Totally agree. It’s the most mawdling pedestrian book I have ever read. Totally juvenile (never mind the hippy-dippy theology). It’s the Waltons with a murder. I’ve never come across large subjects so badly treated. The literary equivalent of ham acting.

The names ‘Mack’ and ‘Nan’ got to me too. And the cliche of the Scots-Irish belting boozing Bible reading father.

Just dreadful.

The main character is a Lost Boy looking for his mummy. No wonder she shows up as God. A total wooss. No sympathy for the self-pitying wretch at all. It’s the wee girl who’s the realvictim, but she’s just a convenient prop for his mawdling self-pity. Disgusting to use the murder of a child like that.

Sorry, I weary you. But tragic that so many think this is a good book.

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