Cross Roads
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2.3 • 3 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
Multi-millionaire Anthony Spencer is trapped in a coma and finds himself in a surreal world that reflects the skewed priorities of the life he's lived on earth where he meets a stranger who turns out to be Jesus and a grandmother who is the Holy Spirit.
Pleading for a second chance, he is sent back to earth to redeem himself. There he must fight to put right the mess he's created, experiencing events through others' eyes before deciding how to use the miraculous gift he's been given. Before his illness he had set events in motion that he now needs to undo - but will he have the courage to make the right choice?
THE SHACK is an international phenomenon, surpassing 1 million copies sold before being picked up by a mainstream publisher: its combination of radical spirituality with a heart-wrenching story made it a word-of-mouth hit, and CROSS ROADS has all the ingredients to repeat its impact.
(P)2012 Hachette Audio
Customer Reviews
Not for me
The shack was an amazing work. Crossroads feels like recycling that idea but doesn’t work. It’s too long, dialogues with characters like Jesus seem forced and out of context. Unfortunately, if it is true that he only spent 11 days on it, one can tell. Also, by the time I got halfway through, I started to feel uncomfortable in the way it goes out of its way to make men a representation of everything bad about the world. (I am not a man myself to be clear) It reads like it was intended by the author to make a point about racism but it doesn’t work. While the multi ethnic approach in the shack makes sense and adds so much to the story, here it is forced and even goes as far as actively belittling men of a certain „type“. The author is in danger of using his fictional representation of God to push an agenda which is (unfortunately) political. This makes me very uncomfortable. If you want a masterpiece by Young, study the Shack instead. It has so much beauty and depth.