I hate to say anything negative at all about this author. His book The Shack is in my top 5 books ever read. Loved it! And his book Crossroads I loved as well. This book just didn't pick up for me. I get the underlying idea if where he was trying to go, or wanted to go. I just didn't feel he was able to get there. This book fell way short for me. And it really pains me to say that because I have a lot of respect for this author.