Book Review: Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax

I have a confession to make: I do not read a lot of fiction. I read mostly non-fiction. For some reason I struggle reading fiction. I get more out of a non-fiction book than I would a fiction book. It's not that I hate stories. I love stories. Last year when The Hobbit was coming out I decided to read the book. I wish I can tell you it was easy to read but it was not. Is J.R.R. Tolken a bad writer? Not at all. I just have a heard time getting into a story especially if it takes three chapters to introduce the story.

This brings me to my first fiction book review, Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax. What brought me to review this book was the fact it was written by Trevin Wax who is an excellent writer. Another thing was the subtitle of the book, A journey into truth, doubt, and what comes after followed by three simple words in the bottom of the cover, which were in brackets, Theology in Story. So maybe this will not be one of those fiction books that just drag on forever so no little detail is left out.

I find one struggle in reviewing a fiction book is not giving too much away that this review would be known as a spoiler which does a lot of books no justice. So here we go. Clear Winter Nights is the story of a young Christian experiencing doubt in his walk with Christ. He then comes in contact with retired pastor who tells him the gospel and does his best to answer his questions. The whole story is a dialogue between Chris, the young Christian with doubts, and Gil, the retired pastor who is Chris' mentor.

What I love about the story is that there is Christian truth written in the story without it being watered down, not that Trevin Wax would do that. I think with a lot of fiction books we do not think of deep theological truths being communicated. When one reads a fiction book, they want to be entertained and let their imagination soar. Another thing I like about this story is Trevin got to the point. Unlike some other fiction books, he did not use the first chapter as the introduction to the story followed by the next chapter actually getting to the story. Trevin did a little intro and got to the point. This is one fiction book I can recommend to everyone because it was written well and it tells a great story.

Thanks Multinomah for letting me review this book.