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Hilarious and moving, May 27, 2006
This review is from: Everything's Coming Up Josey (Josey, Book 1) (Paperback)
For those of you who are hesitant to follow Susan May Warren into a different genre of Christian fiction, have no fear on that point. You will find everything between the covers of this novel that you've always expected from her and more.
"Everything's Coming Up Josey" is chicklit and one of the first of its kind that I have ever read. I was drawn in right away by the witty and clever first-person dialogue that Josey has with others and with herself. I found Josey to be a character that was real and accessible, didn't always speak in complete sentences, often did or said the "wrong thing", and was able to show us that she had a past, but how she was brought to Jesus and has become a different person because of it. Josey's trials and hurdles that she endures as a one-year missionary to Russia and even before that (since we begin this chapter in her story at the wedding of Josey's ex-boyfriend to her younger sister!) are so very close to something that most women have gone through in one form or another that you can't help but empathize and feel a real kinship with her. After it all, Josey feels like a friend that you have in real life because she lets us see who she really is, even when she doesn't quite fully understand who that is all the time, as most of us don't. The storyline moves along quickly but never makes you feel as if you are outside of what's going on with her. Most of her experiences, either in her present time or as memories, are related to us sprinkled with such humor and feeling that you feel her embarassment, indignation, amusement, mortification or deep emotion when each is called for.
On the whole, "Everything's Coming Up Josey" was an engaging, fun read that I would recommend to anyone, whether you are acquainted with this author's other works or not.
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Fun and personal and warm and endearing . . ., July 21, 2006
This review is from: Everything's Coming Up Josey (Josey, Book 1) (Paperback)
You've already read enough about the book to get the gist, so here's a little additional piece: Warren's sense of humor, her lighthearted approach to characterization, will haul you in and have you cheering Josey Berglund on. As Josey fairly trips over her own inner discoveries, you might find yourself tripping with her.
There's depth and breadth here, delivered without preaching, from a real world place, that's refreshing and invigorating.
For a light snack, with just a little meat included, grab yourself a copy of Everything's Coming Up Josey and get ready to meet a new friend.
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Red Roses for Josey, July 2, 2006
This review is from: Everything's Coming Up Josey (Josey, Book 1) (Paperback)
Josey flees to Russia after her boyfriend jilts her and marries her sister. She goes as a missionary to teach them about God, but learns more about herself and her own relationship with God. Being in the Lord's work is nothing like she imagined in all her preperations. From her first encounter at the Moscow airport to the surprise at the bistro, Josey finds Russia much more than she expected. Susan takes the reader on a delightful ride around Moscow as seen through Josey's eyes. The secondary characters give added spice and depth as Josey copes with her friendships. As Josey grows and learns to lean on God, she finds the desires of heart where she least expects them. This is a fun read with great spiritual insight. Don't miss it.
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