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The Respect Dare by Nina Roesner


The Respect Dare by Nina Roesner was an interesting in challenging book. It is broken up into 40 “dares” and it is intended that the reader will do one dare per day until finished. Each dare has a verse, often a little story as an example and then a set of questions that lead to the dare for the day. While I did not use this book as intended, the book still had an impact on me and my relationship with God and my husband. I know there are things that I can do better and things that I can change to deepen my relationship with both God and my husband. It also did edify a few things that I am doing right, so that was nice as well.

My biggest critique of the book is the stories that many of the chapters have in them. While the author says they are true stories from women she has worked with, I found them a little too perfect and simplistic. Maybe that is the result of keeping them short for the book, but I found it difficult to place myself in many of the little stories that were shared.  But, then again, maybe if I did use the book as it was intended, the results would be a bit different as well. Overall, I do recommend the book as its flaws are easily outweighed by the benefits of the challenges found in this book.

I was a given a copy of this book by BookSneeze in exchange for my review. I was not required to write a positive review.
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