Number of Reviews: 4 (14.5 stars total)
Average Rating: 3.6/5
Title: Bent Hope
# of pages:168
Genre: Christianity, Homelessness, Outreach, Missions
Mary Carey
Rating: 3.75/5
Author: Tim Huff has spent his life trying to demystify the unfamiliar, build empathy, and prevent the kind of judgement and meanness he has witnessed during his decades working with the disable and as an outreach worker on the street with youth.
His style is based around various stories and focusing on the morals and characters, not completely saying what he says he believes is right, but suggesting and uses it as an explanation for what he does.
Book: This book reminds me of Grimm’s Fairy Tales just because of the format. It doesn’t necessarily have a plot but you get to see a whole bunch of different stories and learn about a whole bunch of souls and where they are at with God. It challenges you to think about what you do for those below you, if you ever go out of your way for those who sit on the sidewalk.
Evaluate: I found this book to be interesting and inciteful but I couldn’t get into it because it doesn’t have a plot, it wasn’t necessarily a page turner. I found it very simple to understand and the group discussions were up and down overall. Sometimes productive and sometimes downright uneventful and off topic.
Author:Tim.J.Huff
# of pages: 182
Genre/Tags - Storys - Religous -Homelessness -Trust -Living to the fulliest
Troy Dawes
Rating 2.75/5
The author who wrote this, Tim.J.Huff made a interesting life story collection with a christian twist. Bent hope was created by Tim Huffs twenty years of unique work among the homeless and the street involved youth. He lives in Toronto and brings a collection of thoughtful narratives.
His style of writing is more visual then a story. He tells you what he did, what he thought in the situation and what God probably did. He grows our thinking and challenges our imagination.
My finished review was more of a decent take in, let me explain. His book is full of inspiration and stories of what he did, but thats all that it is! It's more of a book about his life than it is about jesus's deed. He did a very good job of tying God into the picture but i honestly felt like I was reading more of a diary instead of a biblical story. He had very repetitive or cliche stories going on, as silly as it sounds when you hear the same story over and over and then read the exact same story in this book you pretty much get nothing out of it. Overall it was an interesting story but I'd only recommend it if you need some inspiration otherwise it's not a great read.
# of pages: 182
Genre/Tags - Storys - Religous -Homelessness -Trust -Living to the fulliest
Troy Dawes
Rating 2.75/5
The author who wrote this, Tim.J.Huff made a interesting life story collection with a christian twist. Bent hope was created by Tim Huffs twenty years of unique work among the homeless and the street involved youth. He lives in Toronto and brings a collection of thoughtful narratives.
His style of writing is more visual then a story. He tells you what he did, what he thought in the situation and what God probably did. He grows our thinking and challenges our imagination.
My finished review was more of a decent take in, let me explain. His book is full of inspiration and stories of what he did, but thats all that it is! It's more of a book about his life than it is about jesus's deed. He did a very good job of tying God into the picture but i honestly felt like I was reading more of a diary instead of a biblical story. He had very repetitive or cliche stories going on, as silly as it sounds when you hear the same story over and over and then read the exact same story in this book you pretty much get nothing out of it. Overall it was an interesting story but I'd only recommend it if you need some inspiration otherwise it's not a great read.
Title: Bent Hope
Author: Tim Huff
# of Pages: 182
Genre(Tags): -religious -hope -homelessness -true life stories
Reviewer: Sarah Lucas
Rating: 5/5 stars
Author: Tim Huff
# of Pages: 182
Genre(Tags): -religious -hope -homelessness -true life stories
Reviewer: Sarah Lucas
Rating: 5/5 stars
Author: Tim Huff is a loving, and compassionate husband and father. He works with his church to help homeless people find new homes or a way to God. When he wrote "Bent Hope" I'm positive that it was to give homeless people a voice others can listen and possibly react to. His style of writing is along the same lines, making you see the world how some homeless people will see it, whether they have a view/passion for God or no relationship with him at all.
Book: A summary of this book is, it's a series of short stories about young teens or adults who live on the streets of Toronto, how they got there, and if they found a new pathway to get back to a regular life or a pathway to God.
Evaluation/Relevance: What I'd say is good to use for group discussions is that I love how these are real stories about real people who have an age range between young teens our age (or even younger) and the elderly. I'd say I learned a lot about different forms of faith, trust, respect, and (bent) hope.
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