Review: I really wanted to like it.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2011
I love inspiring Christmas stories.  This one wasn't very inspiring in my opinion.I couldn't begin to relate to the main character.  While everyone makes mistakes, this guy's life was one bad choice after another.  Then, instead of learning from those mistakes, he seemed to want to blame others for his situation--he hadn't paid his rent, but it was his landlord's fault that he was evicted; he couldn't get public assistance, but it was the government employee's fault because he hadn't filed for help within the required time period; he inquired about a job at an establishment that he'd been begging near, was dirty and poorly dressed when he did so, but it was the manager's fault he didn't get the job; his daughter fell while he was supposedly watching her and injured herself so severely that she required surgery, but it was the surgeon's fault she ended up in a coma.The book also had noticeable grammatical errors--missing commas and missing words were common.  The lack of contractions also made the narration seem stiff.To top it all off, the story just sort of...stops.  The author makes some comments in his afterword, but, still, many loose ends were left dangling.I would never tell someone not to read a book.  These statements are merely my opinion.  It's a short, quick read, and it has a bargain price.