Pros: Great reading, hard to put down Cons: needed more at the end
Sheri Reynolds gives us a book that lets us get a glimpse into what religious cult living is like. Sheri Reynolds’ writings make you feel like you are there living and doing as the characters in the book are living and doing. Sheri Reynolds paints, ...
Pros: A story worth keeping ~ Both beautiful and devastating. Cons: None
A cult is defined as a small religious group regarded as strange or as imposing excessive control over its members. Before reading The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds, the first thought that would pop into my head when I heard the word “Cult” was ...
Pros: beautifully written, excellent writing style Cons: sometimes graphic, disturbing (typical oprah club intensity)
This book describes the evolution of a girl named Nina.
Nina is a young girl who is (unwillingly) a member of the Church of Fire & Brimstone -- a strict religious sect that doesn't allow smoking, drinking, the cutting of hair, wearing...
Pros: Easy reading and captivating Cons: Aberrant religious practices
I found "The Rapture of Canaan" to be captivating and moving. The author brings you inside the mind of a young girl who is struggling to grow up. I read this book in one evening, unable to put it down. Although the characters, and their...
Pros: Very well written. Cons: Adult subject matter.
This was definitely one of Oprah's better picks. You just hurt because of the naivete of this poor soul. How could a girl know so little and how could her parents deny their child basic knowledge to survive in the world. I cried for this girl several...
Pros: A can't put down, fast pace Cons: The first 65 pages are hard to get through
I had trouble getting into this book, the first 65 pages or so just didn't capture my interest. BUT after that, I locked myself in my room and did not come out until I finished this can't put down novel.
Pros: Easy reading and captivating Cons: Aberrant religious practices
I found "The Rapture of Canaan" to be captivating and moving. The author brings you inside the mind of a young girl who is struggling to grow up. I read this book in one evening, unable to put it down. Although the...
Pros: Poignant, Powerful, Passionate... You won't be able to put it down! Cons: Ending didn't leave me with any closure
From the very first page, you will be enraptured into the world of a young girl trying to make sense of it all as she comes of age - yet still holding onto her religious beliefs... or is she? It's as if the words are lifted right off the page as the...
Pros: Fast reading, keeps your attention for page after page Cons: The fact that things are still happening like this in every day societies
Who are you really? Are you your own person, or are you what society molds you into?
The Rapture of Canaan is a book I have read over 20 times, and I still cannot get enough! It is a story of a young girl growing up in what some might call a...
Pros: Wonderful writing style, create real attachment to characters Cons: Too short, no sequel!
"The Rapture of Canaan" is one of the best books, in all honesty, I have ever read. The author does an incredible job of painting the picture of this little girl's life. She expresses the confusion and complexities of her lifestyle, living...
This is one of the best of Oprah's books in my opinion. I have always been fasinated by fanatic religious groups. I really felt for the main character and how trapped she was in her family and how much she had to suffer in the name of religion. She...
Pros: Excellent character devlopment, engrossing plotline Cons: Ending does not tie everything nicely
Somewhere in America, I am sure that the place where this book takes place exists. We don't want to see it, or believe it, but it's there. Sheri Reynolds writes of a young girl, Ninah Huff, living on her grandfather's religious commune, The Church of...
Pros: Great story with controversial topics. Cons: Some mature parts.
The Rapture of Canaan is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It deals with issues that are still pertinent to the average person today such as life and love. I especially found it encouraging to me, as a teenager. It seemed to send the...
I enjoyed this book. It explores what it means to be under the control of someone else's doctrine and beliefs. Yet in the end Nina realizes that she is only controlled because she let herself be.
Nina's struggle between the need to express her...
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