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Knuckle Sandwich: Sometimes Rock N Roll Hits Back
When the Christian rock band Knuckle Sandwich hits the big time, this group of once close friends faces temptations and other trappings of fame.
- GenresYoung Adult
284 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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November 1, 2021
It is a nice, quick read but kind of predictable. About halfway through you knew where it was going and that’s exactly where it went. Didn’t make it bad though!
February 5, 2009
Review originally published in "Baker News and Reviews" Aug. 2007
Posted with permission.
Adam Palmer has another book out from ‘Th1nk Books’ entitled Knuckle Sandwich. His previous books include Mooch, (2006) and Taming a Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons from Napoleon Dynamite (2005).
Sandwich is a coming of age story about four young Christians who form a garage band after they graduate high school and leave their youth group praise bands. As their band begins to make it big they’re forced to make tough decisions about living for God or for themselves.
Palmer states in his ‘Acknowledgments’ that the book is “highly personal” and that he lived many of the situations the band members find themselves in.
Though Sandwich begins as a comedy, Palmer easily helps the story become more intense as the characters grow older. A highlight of the book is that the spiritual message is neither preachy nor watered-down. (You didn’t think I was going to give it away, did you?)
I would recommend this book to anyone who’s ever started a band with their friends. It will have you laughing out loud and digging through the closet to find your old guitar. I’d also recommend this book to anyone interested in light summer reading with a Christian theme.
Posted with permission.
Adam Palmer has another book out from ‘Th1nk Books’ entitled Knuckle Sandwich. His previous books include Mooch, (2006) and Taming a Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons from Napoleon Dynamite (2005).
Sandwich is a coming of age story about four young Christians who form a garage band after they graduate high school and leave their youth group praise bands. As their band begins to make it big they’re forced to make tough decisions about living for God or for themselves.
Palmer states in his ‘Acknowledgments’ that the book is “highly personal” and that he lived many of the situations the band members find themselves in.
Though Sandwich begins as a comedy, Palmer easily helps the story become more intense as the characters grow older. A highlight of the book is that the spiritual message is neither preachy nor watered-down. (You didn’t think I was going to give it away, did you?)
I would recommend this book to anyone who’s ever started a band with their friends. It will have you laughing out loud and digging through the closet to find your old guitar. I’d also recommend this book to anyone interested in light summer reading with a Christian theme.
May 23, 2009
Jeremiah is the bass player in a three member college Christian rock band in the 1990s. They seem bound for fame, but things begin to unravel as egos, young romances, and stage politics start to interfere. Adam Palmer brings his real life credentials in this funny, interesting look into the life of an 'almost had it big' band that's high on its Christian message without being annoying.
I guess what pushed this commendable first effort from a former musician turned teen Christian fiction writer from a three to a four star rating for me was that so few Christian fiction books, especially ones with guy appeal, deal with these issues so honestly. There's sex, Christian hypocrisy, and satire of Christian consumer culture here, but the sex isn't explicit or exploitative (and off panel), the characters are real and relatable even as they screw up, and the satire isn't mean spirited.
It's a good choice for teens 9th grade and up looking for something a bit different from Christian fiction. Perhaps the biggest negative is that it's firmly rooted in the 1990s culture Palmer came from, and might seem a bit dated in places.
I guess what pushed this commendable first effort from a former musician turned teen Christian fiction writer from a three to a four star rating for me was that so few Christian fiction books, especially ones with guy appeal, deal with these issues so honestly. There's sex, Christian hypocrisy, and satire of Christian consumer culture here, but the sex isn't explicit or exploitative (and off panel), the characters are real and relatable even as they screw up, and the satire isn't mean spirited.
It's a good choice for teens 9th grade and up looking for something a bit different from Christian fiction. Perhaps the biggest negative is that it's firmly rooted in the 1990s culture Palmer came from, and might seem a bit dated in places.
January 10, 2008
This book is for anyone who has ever experienced the odd world of contemporary Christian music. Adam gets it. Dead on.
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