This insightful book brings multiple emotions to the reader. I am amazed at the way we treated other human beings just 40+ years ago. I wonder, even now, if we have truly moved forward and embrace each others differences and similarities. Can we forever put the bigotry of our past behind us? I pray we have and will continue to do so on many other levels than race.

I was disappointed after reading Secret Life of Bees. Why does a mid-life crisis story always have to involve and affair? Why couldn't she come through her metamophosis through her artwork? I think the mother's story would have been more interesting. The depths of depression her mother sank to and how she finally came to understand the truth, accept, and come out of her depression. Her daughter's story should have been the byline. I did enjoy the fictional myth of the mermaid chair.

Characters were well developed. It was difficult to read being a parent since it deals with every parent's worst nightmare. A child being taken.

If you like learning about the Left Tackle position in football and how it has changed over the course of football, this book is for you. If you are interested in more of a biography about Michael Oher, then this is not the book. Although it has parts of Michael's story, it is primarily a sports book. I was hoping to have more insight into Michael's life and how he grew up than what the movie portrayed. I also wanted to get to know the Touhey's better and what they were like. Although the book eluded to it that was not the focus, and I was disappointed. The parts about Michael were great and engrossing, I just wanted more of that and less of football.

This was a fun read looking through the perspective of a dog. It moved you through the gamet of emotions. The ending was beautiful. A couple of the characters were not really well developed, but that could be from the perspective the story is told from. A very enjoyable read.

Our club liked it, but it was not a book that lent well to discussion. It started out slow. It is a good summer read.

A beautiful story of friendship and love in a time of turmoil during WWII in the US. Very well written fictional account of a Japanese-American and a Chinese-American that become unlikely friends during WWII time of Japanese Internment Camps.

Poorly written, the writer didn't develop the characters well. We were trying very hard to figure out the "analogy" in the book. We figured it must be in the characters representing the church and secular, but that seems to be a stretch. I was very disappointed, personally. I was hoping it would be a good discussion point for people that had differing views on creationism vs. evolution. My creationist friends would have put the book down after the first page. They would have gotten so offended by the sexual reference at the very beginning.