This past Sunday,
He writes in a personal tone and presents the message of redemption in a clear manner while interweaving his own story of disbelief. Â The book reads like a candid conversation with the author on a very difficult subject..
What is interesting is a blog the reviewer, Stephen Escalera, wrote about the final, edited version of his review. Â I am including one paragraph of his response to that final version.
While I am excited about having a review published in print, I am also very disappointed with the editing. As published, the book comes across as rather postmodern with perhaps only a hint of the gospel. However, the book is very strong on presenting the gospel and I said as much as originally written in my review. However, in the editing process, the key paragraph of the review was pared down to say next to nothing about the author’s message in his book.  I’ve posted the paragraph as it was originally written, with all the bolded section indicating what was omitted:
You can read the rest of his thoughts
Just thought this was an interested look into the world of reviews.
For the record, I have no reason to think that the Roanoke Times had any ill motives in editing down Stephen’s review. Â The more writers I know and speak to, this is a pretty normal thing. Â Just another piece of the puzzle.
Peace, Jim