Don’t let the publisher imprint dissuade you. That said, the book is edgy enough in a couple of areas to raise some Baptist eyebrows. Unlike Shack, however, I think Rooms will avoid the doctrinal and theological controversies that dogged the former title, especially given its publication by conservative B&H Fiction (a division of the Baptist company, Broadman & Holman.) I say this in the future tense because I’m not sure that this book has hit its stride yet, even though it’s been available for a few months. There are going to be comparisons to The Shack. I took it with me on the next leg of our holidays, and began to understand the passion in the store owner’s recommendation. Then, in a manner fully in keeping with the spirit of the book itself, a copy showed up unsolicited in the mail. The book came to me by way of a recommendation from the owner of the Christian bookstore in a small town in Eastern Ontario while we were on the first day of our vacation. I am not a fiction reader at all, but an increasing percentage of my reading in the last twelve months has been Christian fiction. More than a week to gather my thoughts about the twists and turns of plot and spiritual journey that make up one of the most interesting books I’ve read. It’s been more than a week since I turned the last page of Rooms by James Rubart.
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