By Charles
Martin
You guys.
This book. It has all the feels and all the fuzzies flowing off every page.
First of
all, we meet two fine people who hire a small plane (and pilot) to get them out
of Salt Lake City just ahead of a mammoth snow storm. The plane crashes. One of
them breaks a leg. The other one does everything possible to save them both.
While it’s
an incredible survival story (albeit fiction), we also learn about the wife and
the fiancé who don’t know that these two people even stepped onto the small
aircraft which filed no flight plan before taking off. They are utterly lost in
the wilderness. And as the situation becomes worse every day, we follow two
amazing individuals and what their lives were like pre-plane crash.
The emotional current
throughout is infectious, engaging, addictive. I lost sleep over this story and
it was my second time reading it! Yes, you’ll have to suspend belief just a bit…but
the powerful emotional journey is second to none!
Obviously, this book was made into a movie (Yep - I used the Movie cover). I have not seen the movie. The reviews from readers who I know loved this book: mixed. But one thing I find wonderful about the whole thing: the movie has introduced a slew of new readers to an amazing author who is unapologetically Christian, though he's published in both the Christian and general markets. His stories reflect his faith, though not always in an overt manner, and his skill as a writer is unparalleled.
I am addicted to reading this
author. Charles Martin. His stories always resonate deeply and are finely
crafted from start to finish. I can easily recommend anything I’ve read by him
and I think I’ve only missed one.
This book has been out awhile, but if you've not read it, I think you'll love it! And if you have read it, try something else by the same author. His stories get better with every book.
Do you re-read books? I don't very often, but some books are just worth re-visiting. Leave us a comment for this week's giveaway.
