Full of good stuff but I found it hard to get through
596867
This is basically an excellent book; I just had difficulty in getting through it, and had to give it up.

The author, Gabby, tells her story and then presents us with a series of universal lessons. One such lesson is: When we surrender our will to the power of the universe, we receive miracles.  We are also given a few prayers in connection with some of the lessons.

Another universal lesson is Limitless guidance is available to you when you surrender to receive it.

She refers constantly to A Course in Miracles and, among other things, tells us about the Holy Instant. This is the moment that you surrender your fear to the care of the universe and accept the perspective of love.

We can practice the Holy Instant all the time. The more we practice it, the faster we return to love.

Were taught that the world is our classroom and people our assignments; we must allow ourselves to feel our feelings and breathe into the pain.

Gabby gives us short, useful meditations that can also be downloaded from her website.
Some of her key words/concepts are surrender, faith and miracles.

The book is well-written, inspiring and mostly very readable except for the fact that its lessons are extremely concentrated, and thus not easily assimilated. Perhaps this was the reason I had difficulty in getting through the book.
2797547
Hard to get into it. But once I did it was good.
2159755
Hard to read but interesting once I got going.
3380452
I had a hard time getting into most of this book. Most of the time it seemed like they were trying to over do the description of everything. The fact that this is written by three different authors may be one of my personal issues with feeling it was all over the place. I didn't get pulled into it heavily till the last chapter. I do look forward to reading the next book
1278989
I liked all of the authors brilliant and hilarious humor and how there where lots of cool codes to decipher. It is REALLY hard to get to the footnotes and back to the story again, though.
1495869
It is different than i expected and a little hard to get through but I think it will turn out to be worth reading.
1643929
The prose is beautiful as is the messaging.  Many of the characters don't redeem themselves, which is probably better. That said, it took me a long time to get through for some reason. I'd definitely suggest the book, however.
79120
There were parts of this book that were great and other parts that I struggled to get through. I liked that Candace had friends that were so accepting of her, but I really struggled with what she allowed to happen with Kimber. If they were really such great friends to begin with it should not have been so difficult for her to open up to her. As much as I love Ryan, I feel like his patience was kind of unbelievable, especially for a guy with his reputation. Speaking from experience, the most off putting thing for me was Candaces attitude throughout. She kept thinking about how strong she was, but she let her fear guide her. I wanted to see her stronger sooner because her fear made the book drag somewhat.
4487655
We bought this as a read-aloud book to compliment our The Good and The Beautiful History curriculum and I REALLY love the story. the complexity, the language, the history and the morals being taught are amazing, but having kids all under 8 I felt like this book was hard to get through because it was SO advanced. I LOVE had TGATB stretches me and my kids and expect more and learn from advanced language and literature, but I really think they will enjoy and take this in more in a few years. I spend about 1/4 of the time explaining things or retelling in language they can understand.
2054689
I had really high expectations for this book since I'd heard so many great things about it. It definitely took a while for me to get into the story, but I do like the characters so far. The second half of this volume was pretty compelling, so I'll probably continue to Volume 2. There's a lot of mature content that I wasn't really expecting, so that did throw me a bit.
524973
Just to long for the material, lots of good suggestions
352271
It was excellent and the weaving together of the two eras and the women was well done.  I, at times, found it hard to read.  The
subject matter was disquieting, but I really wanted to see it through.
3197261
This is interesting but I am really having a difficult time getting through it. Still need to finish and I can't move to another book until I do.
3368848
It took me a couple of tries to get into this book.  I actually listened to half of it and almost gave up but then listened to it all over again.  I think I got bogged down in the many names and very different vocabulary.  But, second time through was the charm and in the end I really enjoyed this story.  So, I recommend it with one caveat, take your time with it.
2110911
This book has a lot of good material. But it's also one of the hardest-reading books I've ever read. I also found that I have to go over the material in the chapters over and over again.
851207
I had some reservations while reading it which the author very cleverly explains in a plausible way - resistance based on some of the very points he is making.  Many people like the short chapters, but I still found it tough going because his writing goes all over the place.  However when I went back with a highlighter I was amazed at how much really good ideas I found.  It is dense with references, personal stories, and yet still much repetition; the theme is examined from every angle imaginable.  Maybe if it was edited more severely it would lose some of the authenticity and sincerity of the author's voice.
4880729
I have to agree with the other reviewer that it was a hard read, however, it is worth more than 1 star.  I have it three because there is some good information, but it was definitely difficult to get through.  It reads more like a reference book than a how to.