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Giveaway and Review: Donald Miller’s “A Million Miles In A Thousand Years”
Posted on November 13th, 2009 in Reviews by Fred McKinnon
First, let me just apologize and say that I was supposed to post a review of this book for Thomas Nelson Publishers a month or so ago … when the book was released. I had two pre-release copies but didn’t finish the book in time.
So – now, I’m going to GIVEAWAY a brand new copy of this book – all you have to do is leave a comment here on the blog. Facebook folks … you have to click over to FredMcKinnon.Com and leave a comment here, not on Facebook, sorry!
I’ll do the giveaway sometime early next week.
The Review:
OK, so I’ll be honest here. I had a hard time finishing this book. From the get-go, I was pretty disappointed. A lot of that came from confusion – I didn’t really understand how the book was written. Was it fiction? Was it for real? Did this stuff really happen to Donald Miller, or was he just writing about it happening to him? Did he really have someone approach him about making a movie of one of his previous books? If so, which book was it?
And guess what. I still don’t know the answers to those questions.
So, I wasn’t blow away by the book – I kept giving up on it, only to pick it up again. And it started growing on me. It felt like the entire first half of the book was the same thing over and over … and then, all of a sudden, he started “walking out” the stuff he was learning – making changes in his life … so that his “story” would be more exciting. And it was.
So I’m happy to say that when I finally finished the book, I was glad I’d pressed through. The second half of the book was much better than the first half and make it worth the read. I realize my “less than blown away” review is a contrast to all the cool folks who reviewed this book … many whom are blog and real-life friends that I have a great deal of respect for. But when it’s all said and done, I was like “what’s the big deal”?
There are some great stories in here, though … like I said, especially at the end. And hey – it’s DEFINITELY worth getting a FREE COPY, so leave a comment below for your chance to win!
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