WEDNESDAY: Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl by N. D. Wilson

(This is my first review for Thomas Nelson as a Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger. I received a free copy of this book to read and review with no expectation of a positive review.)

Wilson likens life to a Carnival and explores philosophical and faith issues in a stream-of-consciousness style. He endeavors to make sense of the world and our questions about it. The chapter called “Unwomb the World,” for example, has some interesting and challenging thoughts about God and how evil can exist in the world.

When I like a non-fiction book, there are often notes in the margins and passages highlighted or underlined. And there were a few places in this book where I made those sorts of marks, like when he wrote “Change this world. Use your body like a tool meant to be used up, discarded, and replaced. Better every life you touch.” (pg 154) Overall, though, I found this book difficult to read and difficult to like. There were pages where I read and read, but couldn’t pinpoint what the author wanted to say or wanted me to understand. This was just not my style of non-fiction book, although I have a few friends who would love it.

[Sensitive readers may be surprised by some word choices the author makes and how often he talks about sperm for a Christian book that isn’t about sex. Everything fit with what the author was communicating, but it may catch some readers by surprise.]