Fireproof

I couldn't put this book down and can't wait to see the movie. I read this book in 2 days while on vacation. A really great read. This story is a great way to appreciate your marriage and put it back on track.

This book was wonderful, I bought it after the movie had started to show in theaters. It is a great story! The Love Dare portions are a great idea to try, and I have purchased that book, as a present for my husband and I to do together, to strengthen our already strong marriage! This book is so worth the price, and I recommend it to all!

Every marriage goes through some tough times. In this day and age, most of us accept divorce as acceptable and sometimes expected in a marriage. It is refreshing to read a story that is based on renewing a couple's love for each other and showing the blessings you can reap from forgiveness rather than the continuing hurt of divorce.

This story is realistic. I felt like I was reading about an actual couple who had gone through feelings of separation and written a story about it. They have been married for six years - long enough to know each other well, and to be disgusted with each other. It is interesting to have the viewpoint of both the man and the woman, to be able to put yourself in both of their shoes, so to speak.

I think a lot of spouses go through similar feelings of distance and could relate well to the characters. There is not a lot of drama as you might see in a movie or on TV - not a lot of tension that you feel as you are reading. It is, however, real enough to someone who is going through similar heartaches, similar fights, and similar distances without putting the blame on only one or the other.

I have not read any other Eric Wilson books as of yet, and I have not yet seen the movie, "Fireproof." From this novelization, I can see his talent of fiction writing, adding such lovely descriptions of a fire, of the surroundings in a scene, of a person's thoughts and struggles. I look forward to reading one of his own novels, which I received today!

"Fireproof" can touch lives and encourage married couples to focus their attention back onto each other and to make their marriage fireproof through the One who can bring redemption, love and joy into it.

A quick confession: I've seen this movie three times. I liked it at first; liked it better the second time, by the third viewing I absolutely loved it. So of course I had to read the book.

The book is a good (quick) read, but doesn't quite manage as much tension and conflict as the movie seems to portray. Somehow the essential difficulties loom larger on screen than they do in print. Even so, I enjoyed the book and I would recommend it to "book people" --- there are many of us!

This is a great marriage-saving book because it can help a couple start talking about their issues. I am also reading a related new book (see below) which has a lot of 'straight talk' including about sexual issues.

Lauren Hodge
Apple Valley, CA
I am also reading:
The Soul-Mate Marriage: The Spiritual Journey of Becoming One

I went to the movie and had to have the book. It is wonderfully written. It goes great with the Love Dare book.