Jenifer M Gallagher

Charming story I wish it was longer

Revisado: 12-10-23

The story was charming and well paced until the end when it seemed kind of like an abrupt resolution that ended the story too quickly.

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Female Narrator is rough

Revisado: 11-25-23

I’m not sure if it’s the writing or the narration but the female character was annoying to me. I couldn’t finish the book. The first 2 books were great! But I struggled with this one.

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Slow start

Revisado: 07-08-23

It started so slowly and once it finally started getting more interesting it seemed to rush through the ending. So that made it feel unbalanced to me.

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Makings of a good story but needed refining

Revisado: 08-24-22

The story seemed like it could be good with interesting ideas but it felt disjointed to me with all the international bouncing about.

But my biggest complaint would be the narrator constantly mispronouncing “Jesus” like Jesus from the Bible instead of the Hispanic pronunciation like ‘Hesus’. Drove me nuts! The correct pronunciation is even explained at the beginning of the book.

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Insightful

Revisado: 01-20-22

I love the depth and variety of personalities that the author brings alive. I also love the real and messy way her stories flow just like real life.

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Disappointed- Less Biblical Focus More Secular

Revisado: 11-12-20

I listened to the Lost World of Genesis and the Adam and Eve book. I thought the Lost World of Genesis was very helpful in how it helped people to have a better understanding of the Hebrew words and how the current culture would have understood those words. I didn’t find this book helpful in that way at all.

It seemed so odd that they would claim specific details in the Biblical account of the ark dimensions would just be hyperbole. “This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450’ x 75’ x 45’). You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.” Genesis‬ ‭6:15-16‬ ‭AMP‬‬

I understand that a literary technique can be to exaggerate when telling a story but these verses read as a instruction blueprint not a random exaggeration for literary effect.

Also the fact that the authors questioned the size of the ark since no other ships have been made this large with wood. The thing that the authors seemed to miss or ignore was the fact that this wasn’t a vessel intended to navigate the waters or sail on the seas, they didn’t need to navigate it was intended to be a floating house/zoo so of course it wouldn’t be made like any other ship because it’s function was totally different.

The thing that agitated me the most while listening to it was that instead of them just focusing on the Hebrew words and ancient cultural understanding it seemed like they kept trying to communicate, ‘This is what God said but he didn’t really mean it. He couldn’t have gotten his version of the story right because of what current geologist have found.’🤦‍♀️ What the heck?

This book seemed to have such a more secular slant and minimizes God, His Word and His abilities of what He could do. I was very disappointed with this book and will be returning it.

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Many Biblical Inaccuracies

Revisado: 07-19-20

I was excited to find a Biblical novel based on Sarah but it grieved me that there were so many inaccuracies. Here are a couple: in the Bible, Abram & Sarai are half siblings both with the same Father. They are 10 years apart in age not just a couple years. It skips over the second time that Abram asks Sarai to deny their marriage and God intervened with Abimelech (Genesis 20) to not allow him to take Sarai to bed.

The inaccuracy marred the story for me and diminished my enjoyment of the book and the author.

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