This book is a simple way of telling the story of Jesus. The greatest man to ever live. I would highly recommend this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy.

The story of Jesus well told as it might have happened in a Jewish setting. Gives new meaning to the story of Jesus, told in a credible way. A book for all the doubters of this world. And it is an amazing story. A story everyone should read to get a feel for the life of the founder of the Christian faith.

Thank you Bear Grylls for bring the life of Jesus to life. Thank you to John Murray Press, Hodder & Stoughton and Net Galley for the ARC.

I'll be honest and say for a long time I wasn't very impressed with this book. My big problem was that it read, to me, like a very early draft and needed much more work before it would be publishable. The idea is good but the writing seemed far too simplistic even for a book aimed, I'm assuming, at a younger market. However, after much time I started to get onto the book's own wavelength and found it improving to the extent I'd now recommend it where at first I would not have. One to stick with and give time to. While I'm giving it four stars that's after I thought about it more. That's the issue though, a slow start and writing that at first seems far too simplistic could be off putting for some. One to persevere with.

The story of the life of Jesus retold using simple language. Would perhaps be useful for young readers, or readers whose first language is not English.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a review copy.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review this book. It was interesting to hear about Jesus’ life from different perspectives. It was interesting to see how some of the places and names of people were spelled.

I tried to enjoy this book, I really did, but it fell incredibly flat. With a name as enticing as “the greatest story ever told “I thought this would be a retelling of the Jesus story that would really draw me in to the emotions and realities surrounding his life, but it did anything but that. Maryam sounded like a 13-year-old making an autobiography with absolutely no emotion or description whatsoever.

I felt like someone took the scriptures and turned it into a narration rather than turning it into a story to pull the heart strings.

I’m sorry, but this one just isn’t it.

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