The Truth About The Sky Katharine Grubb 9781492380689 Books
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As a Pastor's kid, Kim has been told her whole life that God can see every mistake she makes. Now that she's a college dropout, unemployed and in a questionable relationship with a party guy, her mistakes are all the more obvious. (Especially to her demanding mother, who, apparently, thinks wearing jeans on a commercial flight is a sin.) If only she could move away! Then she could hide from gossip and no one would see her mess up! Kim can't move to Dallas unless she saves her money, so she swallows her pride and heads back to her childhood church to reluctantly serve as her father's congregation's secretary. Her mother makes it clear, Kim better get her act together. Not only is the church watching her, but Kim is also bothered by her theme obsessed mother; a creepy mortician who wants to court her; a sad, but good-looking music minister (whom she may or may not have been kissing) and her childhood friend, Eddie, who, as a lawyer, has an inexplicable interest in lawn care. Even if God was in her childhood church, Kim would be too busy and discouraged to find him. Then her father is caught in a scandal -- one that challenges her already shaky faith and her dysfunctional family. She has to choose will she run away from critical eyes to Dallas as quickly as her car can take her? Will she be as critical and condemning as her own family has been to her? Or will she take her brother's advice and believe, for the first time in her life, that God's grace is as big as the Oklahoma sky?
The Truth About The Sky Katharine Grubb 9781492380689 Books
Kim fills in for the secretary at her father's church, despite her antagonistic relationship with her parents and God; her sister-in-law Suzanne learns about God as she struggles with feeling out of control after moving to Oklahoma.(Though reviews are inherently subjective, I prefer to provide some organization to my opinions through the use of a personal rubric. The following notes may contain spoilers.)
Plot and Setting: 4 -- Plot has unique elements and no major holes, but a few shaky bits and/or a slight lack of focus. There's a lot going on, and with Kim and Suzanne dealing with mostly different things in the first half or so, it wasn't super cohesive. I liked the second half much better. Setting is clear and believable, though the fact that S & Q live next to the high school was a far distant memory by the time they go to the ball game, so letting people park in their yard was confusing. Timeline may be a bit hard to follow. It's not clear what month the move to Oklahoma happens, and much of the summer also passes in an unspecified blur, followed by some large jumps through the fall.
Characters: 5 -- Relatable, realistic, interesting, dynamic characters. Even minor characters have depth, as do the relationships between characters. I started out not really liking any of the characters except Quentin, and a lot of them continued to be irritating along the way, but by the end nearly all the characters' flaws had been redeemed in some way, and they were truly likeable. That's some pretty good character growth and development. I liked Quentin and Suzanne's quirky, loving relationship the whole way through, and would've enjoyed seeing more of that.
Mechanics and Writing: 3 -- Scattered typos, punctuation issues, and word errors, including a few major mistakes ('explanation' in place of 'attention' in one spot, for example, and other bizarre errors). Generally solid use of POV (alternating between Kim and Suzanne), with a few bits that didn't seem to be from anyone's POV. Average writing, with strong parts and parts that struggle. Some very lovely, almost poetic parts, and other parts where there were verb tense issues, etc.
Redeeming Value: 4.5 -- Well-developed, central, uplifting themes. Quentin has already figured out that the way his parents do faith and church is not the way God plans, and Kim learns that, too. She challenges God to show up in her life, and he does. Suzanne is fairly new to her faith, and is learning about God, especially through practicing thankfulness and reading Psalms. Jeanah learns humility and true Christian love. Sex, alcohol, violence, etc, are not glorified at all, though Kim had been/is at first a party girl who drinks, kisses random people, and slept with her ex when hey were dating. That aspect sort of fizzles out without much comment.
Personal Enjoyment: 4 -- I liked it a lot. Highly enjoyable and very entertaining, with perhaps an issue or two that tempered my pleasure. I’d enjoy reading it again.
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The Truth About The Sky Katharine Grubb 9781492380689 Books Reviews
The Truth About The Sky is both a funny and and honest portrait of the contrast between authenticity and hypocrisy, control and surrender, and interior conversion versus exterior appearances.
Sometimes we have to be brought low so we can see what's above. Sometimes we need to be stripped of our false sense of control so we can see who IS in control. Sometimes we need to be humbled so that we can gain empathy and show mercy.
All this wisdom comes packed in a humorous and ordinary story of a couple of pastor's kids, party girl Kim and prankster Quentin and Quentin's pregnant wife, supermom Suzanne. Katharine Grubb casts an eclectic assortment of minor characters, including mortician Jeffrey, musician Marty, and lawn guy Eddie, who's endured his own fall from grace. There's also a brief but funny appearance by a pygmy goat.
The version I read could use another pass by a sharp set of eyes to catch some errors and inconsistencies, which didn't diminish my enjoyment of the novel.
(The author is the foundress of 10 Minute Novelists, of which I"m a member. Opinion is my own.)
Kim's worked hard to get away from her family, the venerable Reverend and his perfect wife. But her plans backfire when she and her boyfriend break up, and she resigns from her job (owned by her ex's father) to avoid seeing him. Her mother drags her home with the "perfect" solution a temporary position as church secretary while their current one recovers.
Over in Boston, Kim's sister-in-law Suzanne, wife to Quentin and mother of three gets some incredible news her husband's job is moving him home to Oklahoma, and she's finally going to get that dream house she's been hoping for.
It sounds like a great big family reunion, except for one thing, neither Kim nor Quentin want to move home and lose themselves in the overbearing perfection required of a preacher's kid.
Literally everything falls apart. Suzanne gets pregnant and is unable to run her house in a way that would make her late mother proud. And Kim's position as church secretary puts her in the line of fire of her overbearing mom, dismissive dad, and demanding congregants. Not to mention she's being pursued by an old-time acquaintance, church member, and local mortician who thinks its God's will they be together, there's a cute new choir director and associate pastor. It's a recipe for disaster.
The beginning was a little slow for me, and a little confusing as I got used to the dual points of view and blur of events. I also believe I got one of the copies that the author mistakenly put out that wasn't as edited, so I'm not counting that against her. Once I got past the beginning, though, I was sucked in. The drama, the misery, the hopes and shattered dreams. It was a story of broken individuals letting go, and the simple truths that make bearing our hurts a little easier. There's romance and breakups, heartache and new life. It's an emotional journey that in the end I found very satisfactory. The Christian setting is not overly preachy, despite being about a preacher's family, and I believe it's a valuable perspective into the difficulties that those types of families face.
Kim fills in for the secretary at her father's church, despite her antagonistic relationship with her parents and God; her sister-in-law Suzanne learns about God as she struggles with feeling out of control after moving to Oklahoma.
(Though reviews are inherently subjective, I prefer to provide some organization to my opinions through the use of a personal rubric. The following notes may contain spoilers.)
Plot and Setting 4 -- Plot has unique elements and no major holes, but a few shaky bits and/or a slight lack of focus. There's a lot going on, and with Kim and Suzanne dealing with mostly different things in the first half or so, it wasn't super cohesive. I liked the second half much better. Setting is clear and believable, though the fact that S & Q live next to the high school was a far distant memory by the time they go to the ball game, so letting people park in their yard was confusing. Timeline may be a bit hard to follow. It's not clear what month the move to Oklahoma happens, and much of the summer also passes in an unspecified blur, followed by some large jumps through the fall.
Characters 5 -- Relatable, realistic, interesting, dynamic characters. Even minor characters have depth, as do the relationships between characters. I started out not really liking any of the characters except Quentin, and a lot of them continued to be irritating along the way, but by the end nearly all the characters' flaws had been redeemed in some way, and they were truly likeable. That's some pretty good character growth and development. I liked Quentin and Suzanne's quirky, loving relationship the whole way through, and would've enjoyed seeing more of that.
Mechanics and Writing 3 -- Scattered typos, punctuation issues, and word errors, including a few major mistakes ('explanation' in place of 'attention' in one spot, for example, and other bizarre errors). Generally solid use of POV (alternating between Kim and Suzanne), with a few bits that didn't seem to be from anyone's POV. Average writing, with strong parts and parts that struggle. Some very lovely, almost poetic parts, and other parts where there were verb tense issues, etc.
Redeeming Value 4.5 -- Well-developed, central, uplifting themes. Quentin has already figured out that the way his parents do faith and church is not the way God plans, and Kim learns that, too. She challenges God to show up in her life, and he does. Suzanne is fairly new to her faith, and is learning about God, especially through practicing thankfulness and reading Psalms. Jeanah learns humility and true Christian love. Sex, alcohol, violence, etc, are not glorified at all, though Kim had been/is at first a party girl who drinks, kisses random people, and slept with her ex when hey were dating. That aspect sort of fizzles out without much comment.
Personal Enjoyment 4 -- I liked it a lot. Highly enjoyable and very entertaining, with perhaps an issue or two that tempered my pleasure. I’d enjoy reading it again.
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