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This is a very well written story. It weaves together two tales that run on similar tracks towards a convergence at the end. Many characters but not overwhelming, as they each flow in and out depending on their role in the parallel stories. The author makes fantastic use of language. Sooooo descriptive. It was a very engaging novel. A mystery and love story, but many mysteries and love stories all in one life.

This book helps you consider the context of the last day of Christ's life. In 7 chapters, the author lays out the emotions, the actions, the symbolism and the impact of the day. I read this as part of a Lenten Study series at my church. If you really think about the last day of Christ's life on earth, and how he felt, how the disciples and followers felt, how his mother felt, etc., then this is a good guide.

Unbelievable. How could so many people be fooled and so much be obviously wrong with a company, yet people just go along with it? But then again, it's easy to see everything now, because it's laid out in a logical way. Amazing what people can get away with!

This was not a mesmerizing page turner, but it was very enlightening. Especially in these days for a Gen X person who thinks politics is currently at its worst. I now see how false that perception is. The concept of democracy struggled at the very start of the country and it was interesting to compare political invective and personal attacks in the public space now to those early days.

This was a strange book. Kind of a self-help/life lessons guide mixed with Michelle Obama adulation. It was a very fast read, but I took a break.

I should not have read others' comments on this book before I finished it myself. It really shifted my perspective.

Cosby and Pouissant come off with commentary that is common sense, or no surprise, in terms of how to live the decent, normal lifestyle. But some of the examples he uses illustrate lifestyles that are completely foreign and dysfunctional. The people in those examples won't be reading this book.

Interesting, but inconclusive. Nicely segmenting the population into four neat categories doesn't help us see the depth of each group. At the end, he laments the plight of the abandoned, however, he also notes they complain about the emergent class using their neighborhoods as stepping stones on the way up and out. Job training programs and better teachers. That's the solution? I do not agree.

Enjoyed this book very much. It was a bit long but it kept my interest.