“You were
made for the River.” That is what everyone tells Gabriel Clark as he is growing
up. But after witnessing a terrible event on the river as a child, Gabriel
finds it hard to take the plunge. Will he be able to take the step of faith and
find what he was created to be?
The River by Michael Neale follows the life of Gabriel
as he grows from a frightened and withdrawn boy in to a confident young man.
Growing up in single parent home in Kansas, Gabriel always feels the call of
the river, but it too afraid to go. But, with the encouragement of his friends,
and the words his father left behind in a journal, Gabriel begins to see who he
really is meant to be.
This was a
pretty good book. My biggest complaint would be that it left me wanting more.
Not because the writing was so captivating, but because there were questions I
wanted answered about what happened in Gabriel’s life. I could assume things,
but I would have liked the satisfaction of knowing for sure what happened with
the rest of his life. It was a quick read and a pretty good story, though I
didn’t find it lived up to being as life changing as promised.
I received
this book through Book Sneeze in exchange for my review. I was not required to
write a positive review.
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