Carol Cook’s Bathsheba Bathed in Grace tells the stories of eight Bible women.
Each chapter is about a different
woman: The book tells the stories of Bathsheba, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel,
Tamar, and Eve. Each woman has a story that reveals some darkness: deception,
lack of faith, misunderstanding, etc., and Cook shows the reader how each woman
came out on top because of their choice to seek and follow God.
The first couple of stories were
interesting, but after that they were predictable and not challenging and didn’t
hold my attention. The characters all had the same voice, and the emotion portrayed
through the writing style seemed forced and banal. There were a few times when
a new idea was presented; Bathsheba’s entire story gave me a new perspective on
her role in the affair, and I also hadn’t before related that Jacob deceived
his father and then was deceived by Laban. Most of the time Cook’s stories
paralleled the Bible stories, but there were times when her conclusions seemed
a bit far-fetched.
While I believe that this book was
written prayerfully, I do not recommend it to others.
The
publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book through
BookSneeze®. I was not required to write a positive review.
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