Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Audio: Jungle Doctor and the Whirlwind



I have finished listening to a book called Jungle Doctor and the Whirlwind by Paul White. 

I will admit when I first received this review opportunity, I listened to a sample portion of the book and was not sure this would be a book I would enjoy.  However, I am glad I had the opportunity to listen. 

About the book:
Paul White was an Australian missionary doctor in Africa who learnt to clothe his Bible teaching in fables, creating stories with a timeless quality. When he returned home to Australia his stories were discovered and published to world-wide acclaim. Enjoy the first four books in the series, Jungle Doctor and the Whirlwind, Jungle Doctor on the Hop,Jungle Doctor Spots a Leopard and Jungle Doctor's Crooked Dealings.

My thoughts:
This was a wonderful book.  I enjoyed the stories of the life faced by this missionary doctor and the people he was trying to help in Africa.  In this book there is an outbreak of dysentery and he works to help the people who are sick and tries to slow the spread of the disease.  The way he shared the truth of the Word with them through stories and fables was enjoyable and made me stop and think as I listened.  The book has a great lesson in my opinion.

One thing that was hard for me to follow was all the characters.  It took me a while to figure out who was who in this book. A list is given at the beginning which is helpful and I know if I was reading the print version I would have been able to refer back to this list to refresh my memory. The more I got into the book the easier it was to remember each one.

At first I thought the book would be hard to understand but I quickly became accustomed to the  narrator, Paul Michael.  I enjoyed his accent and the way he read this book.  
Thank you to the christianaudio Reviewers program for providing this audio book for my review.
Have a day of blessings!

1 comment:

Sr. Ann Marie said...

Sounds good! I'll have to check it out.