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A week or so ago, at the recomendation of my good friend Jamie Arpin-Ricci, I picked up Scared, a novel by Tom Davis. I will leave you with the trailer of the book, in stead of trying to explain it myself, but I will tell you that it had me from the start.
I began reading the book at 6pm and by 6pm the following day I had finished all 270 pages. If you know me, you know that I like to read, but I am not a speed reader by no means. The only other books that I have read in full over a 24 hour time span is C.S. Lewis “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” and the book of Jude (haha).
I have cared deeply about justice issues for a long time now and Tom brings these issues to life through his writing. There was a time at the beginning of the book where I thought it was a bit to Christian (that sounds bad) in that I felt Tom was forcing God in there, but after reading on, God became the center of the story. It all of a sudden made sense that he was in there, it wasn’t forced at all. Tom showed Gods heart for Justice like I have rarely seen before in writing or movies.
Have you ever read a book or seen a movie and while reading or watching you keep thinking of people to email and recomend the book to? This was me while reading Scared. I kept thinking of my friend Ingvar who loves to be moved by books. Amy, my wife who cares deeply about photography and Amanda, who cares about Justice and bought me a great book on Justice once (Mountains Beyond Mountains).
I want to leave you with a plea. My plea is that you would buy this book. It is Toms first novel and he has done a remarkable job on it. Also, when you have finished reading please recommend this book to someone else. Finally, if you are on Twitter follow Tom.
Buying it now Phil. Thanks for the post.
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