Awake & Alive: To Truth

Okay, I debated on whether to review this, but I decided to do it because I have a social obligation to prevent others from reading awful things.

I love Skillet. I have always really liked John Cooper. I have a picture with him that I love, and I think his ability to advocate for his faith while not being over-preachy in their music is fantastic. I saw today that his book was added to Kindle unlimited, and it was really short, so I decided to give it a try.

A quick note here, I am agnostic. I shouldn't be picking up books about Christianity. This one was on me. But I have read religious memoirs before and I always thought John had a great way of talking about his faith. Not when it's in book form, apparently.

This is pure drivel. I finished this book in like half an hour because I kept only reading half a page and then skipping ahead. John is completely out to lunch and full of half baked, insane theories. At one point, he stops to define the word “intersectionality” and somehow gets it 100% wrong. The person he quotes the most in the book is Jesus, the second is Jordan Peterson. It's poorly edited and poorly structured. He keeps talking about how straight white rich men are under attack. I cannot find a single positive thing to say about this propaganda booklet. My love for Skillet will remain unaffected, but I'm just going to pretend this book never happened and then never listen to John talk again.