Reviews

Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life by Eric Metaxas

ashleyfuhr's review

3.0

I'm not a huge Metaxas fan, but his writing style appeals to me, and I've enjoyed some of his other books. He is a brilliant writer, which makes this book a little easier to digest, but it is about 50% too long. I appreciate some of the nuanced stories and building blocks of his childhood, but the middle of the book was like wading through mud. The last few chapters were where I wish we had more meat (which I think is good lead in for his follow up). Unfortunately, if it's this long, I will have to pass. A captivating idea, but not well executed. He's not a famous dead person, therefore, we don't need a 400+ page life chronicle. I did GREATLY enjoy him narrating the audiobook. The pace was a little slow (I listened to it at 3x), but he was a brilliant narrator for his own stories.

ckitchel27's review

3.0

I stumbled upon this book as it was included for free with my audible subscription. Having read a couple of Metaxas books (Bonhoeffer & Luther) I figured what the heck.

A rather detailed biography of a future author raised by his immigrant parents in a Greek/German household. This journey from growing up involves being surrounded by church but not putting together the pieces until after college. Then having his coming to faith experience that is well worth the listen. Eric is clearly a highly educated and highly intelligent person and his coming to faith story can be helpful for others like him.

I really enjoyed that the author was the narrator of this audiobook.

Seeing where Metaxas has gone politically seemingly putting his Trump politics and the stolen election in front of his faith is a tough pill to swallow.

cecilia27's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

bzzzzzz's review

medium-paced

3.5

Good, but the writing felt rushed—needed another round of editing, I suspect. Still enjoyable and interesting.