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Song of Eve
Book by Strong, June
157 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1987
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October 28, 2009
Loved this book! I've read it several times over the years. June Strong weaves a great novel with biblical characters' stories. It gives an imaginative picture of what the world may have looked like before Noah's flood. Highly recommend this book.
February 6, 2008
I think if I were reading this 8 years ago I would have given it 4 or 5 stars. It was a very sad story, especially since it was based on truth. It, quickly, follows the generations after the garden of eden to the flood. I really enjoy reading Biblically basedd fiction because it helps to me see the reality of the situation rather than see it as a long ago children's story.
At the end of each chapter it had Scripture to back it up. Though it was not the intention of this author to evangilize through this book (who knows maybe it was) I think if I weren't a believer I would have been on my knees at the end of it.
Definately worth reading. Very short.
At the end of each chapter it had Scripture to back it up. Though it was not the intention of this author to evangilize through this book (who knows maybe it was) I think if I weren't a believer I would have been on my knees at the end of it.
Definately worth reading. Very short.
November 16, 2007
This brought to vivid life the years between Eve's days and Noah's.
March 12, 2012
great Biblical fiction. I read this book many years ago, and enjoyed it then. I found it packed away in a box to be given to the library, and grabbed it so that I can read it again now. Sometimes we need to "flesh out the Bible" with a story behind the story, and author June Strong does this, without taking away from the biblical facts. If you are a new believer, it is a great read. If you are an older believer, you will still find it very enjoyable.
March 21, 2019
I didn’t really like this book because at the beginning the book seemed like it was only talking about blue clay and seemed like it would never end. I didn’t really see why blue clay was soo special in this story except for the person who made the things out of blue clay. The reason why I think that this book deserves 3 stars is because even though it was slow and a bit hard to understand in the beginning in still was pretty good. It had good concepts and I like how it have biblical things, adventure, sadness, and romance. This was the first inspirational fiction book i’ve ever read and its pretty good. I would recommend this to someone who is patient when it comes to the adventure and good parts of the book or someone who likes detail. The author did give quite some detail in this and a lot of detail about blue clay yet I still didn’t really get the concept but this a book to surely try.
April 15, 2020
A timeless novel that you will want to read more than once.
November 29, 2025
A really interesting story, I’d be curious to know where some of the ideas came from - I hadn’t ever considered that Adam and the earliest generations of men would have any concept of making sacrifices and the concrete hope of redemption thru the sacrifice of someone yet to come.
There were so many end notes for Bible references in each chapter, it’s obvious that there was great care taken in the crafting of the story. The storytelling was lovely, and as with much of the Old Testament, oddly current as far as the struggles that are as old as humanity itself.
There were so many end notes for Bible references in each chapter, it’s obvious that there was great care taken in the crafting of the story. The storytelling was lovely, and as with much of the Old Testament, oddly current as far as the struggles that are as old as humanity itself.
October 3, 2025
Great book. Really enjoyed the different perspective of that era of the Bible. Really eye opening.
Only 4 stars becuase of the shift of perspective at the END of the book that sorta made me sad and also wish had had more context.
Only 4 stars becuase of the shift of perspective at the END of the book that sorta made me sad and also wish had had more context.
January 12, 2020
A book that we read aloud as a family and one that captured our imagination of how we might react in trial, asking ourselves, "Would we stand firm, or would we waiver?"
June 6, 2020
Wonderful book
June 15, 2023
Maravilhosoooo
November 25, 2024
The main character was annoying and dumb and just brought me to anger. Plus, she overreacted to everything 🙄🙄🙄
June 2, 2025
This is the type of book you read once in your childhood and never forget.
May 12, 2013
This was an interesting if not particularly well-written book. It's set during the pre-Flood world. I was excited about the speculative-fiction possibilities of the book, and was just a bit disappointed that the setting was not fully fleshed out. Instead the author found it most natural to write about our distant ancestors in a way that made them feel like 21st-centuryites. I suppose I can't blame her for it: but it's a perfect example of the chronological parochialism that dogs so much of modern Christian culture.
For example, one thing that just bothered me occurs when the main character actually gets to meet our first parents Adam and Eve, living legends even in their own time, close to a millenium old. Their meeting is very casual and laid-back: off-hand, almost. But this is Eve, the ancient and beautiful mother of all the dying--this is Adam, the venerable and gigantic father of humanity, the first king of creation, the worker of all the world's woe. Yet the characters observe no kind of protocol in meeting them, and make no honouring gestures. Only a moderner would think of introducing himself to our first parents in such a casual manner!
Other things bothered. The vision of God's work in the earth is disappointingly small. God's people retreat to a little valley to preserve a pure way of life, hidden from the evils of the world. Cities are associated with evil and a pastoral life in nature is associated with godliness: almost in a direct contradiction of the cultural mandate, which does look forward to a City. I was excited when one character actually challenged the rationale behind this cultural retreatism--doesn't the Lord have a bigger plan than this; what good can His people do to the world if they're in hiding? But she is quickly reassured: hiding is important to preserve the tiny faithful remnant.
Indeed, it's apparent that the story of the pre-Flood world is being told as an allegory of the any-minute-now dispensationalist Rapture. The author clearly imagines that the Flood was a symbol of what will happen at the end of history. This puzzled little postmillenial me for all of five minutes (since of course the Flood, in addition to being a literal event, must have symbolised something else) until I remembered my Augustine. Noah's Ark symbolises not the rapture of a remnant at the end of history, but the salvation of the elect on the Cross leading to their baptism into repentance (1 Peter 3:20-21)--as most of Christendom realised until last century.
In summary, then, this book makes me more excited about the novel which will one day be written about the fantastic, sophisticated, and depraved civilisations of antediluvian Earth, than about itself. A well-intentioned, enjoyable, but ultimately culturally and theologically myopic book.
For example, one thing that just bothered me occurs when the main character actually gets to meet our first parents Adam and Eve, living legends even in their own time, close to a millenium old. Their meeting is very casual and laid-back: off-hand, almost. But this is Eve, the ancient and beautiful mother of all the dying--this is Adam, the venerable and gigantic father of humanity, the first king of creation, the worker of all the world's woe. Yet the characters observe no kind of protocol in meeting them, and make no honouring gestures. Only a moderner would think of introducing himself to our first parents in such a casual manner!
Other things bothered. The vision of God's work in the earth is disappointingly small. God's people retreat to a little valley to preserve a pure way of life, hidden from the evils of the world. Cities are associated with evil and a pastoral life in nature is associated with godliness: almost in a direct contradiction of the cultural mandate, which does look forward to a City. I was excited when one character actually challenged the rationale behind this cultural retreatism--doesn't the Lord have a bigger plan than this; what good can His people do to the world if they're in hiding? But she is quickly reassured: hiding is important to preserve the tiny faithful remnant.
Indeed, it's apparent that the story of the pre-Flood world is being told as an allegory of the any-minute-now dispensationalist Rapture. The author clearly imagines that the Flood was a symbol of what will happen at the end of history. This puzzled little postmillenial me for all of five minutes (since of course the Flood, in addition to being a literal event, must have symbolised something else) until I remembered my Augustine. Noah's Ark symbolises not the rapture of a remnant at the end of history, but the salvation of the elect on the Cross leading to their baptism into repentance (1 Peter 3:20-21)--as most of Christendom realised until last century.
In summary, then, this book makes me more excited about the novel which will one day be written about the fantastic, sophisticated, and depraved civilisations of antediluvian Earth, than about itself. A well-intentioned, enjoyable, but ultimately culturally and theologically myopic book.
September 28, 2024
Such a gorgeous story, and thought provoking. I love the themes of nobility and love that run throughout the book. Maybe a little too old for my middle schoolers. Maybe not.
(Did end up reading this with my middle schoolers. Aside from the part where Shaina (spoiler) marries her uncle and Navit marries Noah who is super older than her, they liked it a lot. They actually spontaneously burst into applause when we finished it together in a read aloud. But those two parts REALLY creeped them out…lol)
(Did end up reading this with my middle schoolers. Aside from the part where Shaina (spoiler) marries her uncle and Navit marries Noah who is super older than her, they liked it a lot. They actually spontaneously burst into applause when we finished it together in a read aloud. But those two parts REALLY creeped them out…lol)
August 20, 2010
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November 16, 2012
I have read this book many times. When ever I find a used copy I by it and give it to a friend who has not read it. I highly recommend it.
February 10, 2015
A beautiful and touching story of life before the flood. It is sad and sobering to think of the coming judgement.
March 25, 2013
Really enjoyed it.
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