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Take Three (Above The Line V3)
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Item Description...
Overview
The third book in the Above the Line series follows filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison as they celebrate their first successful movie. But in the midst of family relationships, broken budgets, and conflicting dreams, Chase and Keith must find their way through the maze of pain and questions that comes with everything they thought they wanted.
Publishers Description
Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison set out to change the world with their films---and they are finally seeing their dreams come true. The dedicated producers are deep in negotiations with America's top young movie star to play the lead in their next inspirational movie. But life takes a sudden turn for Chase, removing him from Jeremiah Productions permanently. In the process, Keith brings on one of the Baxter family members and the moviemaking continues. At the same time, a crisis hits Keith's daughter, Andi, and Keith feels helpless to respond. Devastated by the consequences of her wrong actions, Andi ventures out on her own and decides on a course of action that could destroy her. Meanwhile, Bailey Flanigan is caught up in her own drama with Cody Coleman. A Campus Crusade retreat gives them time alone along the shores of Lake Monroe and lets them face a possibility they've avoided for years. Will Keith keep the passion he had at the start of his filmmaking---and will there be enough passion left over for his hurting daughter? Or has their quest to change American culture become nothing more than a quest for fame?
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Item Specifications...
Pages 328
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 5.25" Height: 8.5"
Weight: 0.75 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Mar 1, 2010
Publisher Zondervan Publishing
ISBN 0310266262
EAN 9780310266266
UPC 025986266264
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Availability 335 units.
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Reviews - What do our customers think?
 | Awsome Jun 5, 2010 |
| This book as all others by Karen Kingsbury is great. I couldn't put it down. She has a way of drawing you into the story and feeling you are part of it | | | | Great Read!!! Jun 4, 2010 |
| This is another must-read from Karen Kingsbury. You won't want to put it down. | | | | Book Review Jun 1, 2010 |
| This book was a gift for someone else, so it's difficult for me to review it. | | |  | Soap Opera Fiction for Christians May 27, 2010 |
The Above the Line Series reads like a Christian soap opera. There are a lot of different story lines and characters that intersect throughout the book. Take Three is the third book in this series. It should not be read without reading the previous two books: "Take One" and "Take Two". The series reads as one giant book, not individualized stories. The books don't have a complete beginning or ending but just continue on where the other leaves off. I would have much preferred that it was released as one large book.
I have found these books to be very appealing. The story is fascinating and Karen Kingsbury does a fantastic job in creating characters that you root for and care about. This is what keeps me coming back for more and makes me look forward to reading "Take Four" the final book in the series.
There a few minor problems I have with the series. First, the Baxters don't seem to really fit in everything she places them in. They are very popular characters from three other series she has written. This time, having them included in the story feels a little forced. Sometimes it makes sense, other times it does not. There are too many explanations about who they are or little tidbits of their past stories are thrown in without any real need.
Second, there seems to be a little too much black and white writing that I find annoying in the Christian Genre. Andi, the character that has doubts about her faith does about everything possible to ruin her life while the characters that have no doubts seem to be pretty wimpy. The way that Kingsbury presents this story makes it seem as if it is wrong to have doubts about Christianity. I would have preferred her showing that having doubts can be normal and present a character work through them and having a stronger faith because of it. The characters that never struggled with their faith just made me wonder if they had really made it their own or were just following what they had always known.
Third, having so many storylines in the book can be annoying. Once I get attached to a storyline it's frustrating to have to wait so long to pick it back up. This was especially true with the Bailey/Cody saga. I've never had so little happen in such a long period of time.
None of these issues would keep me from reading her books. I hope that the conclusion of the series keeps up with the first three books! | | |  | Too Much For Me... May 14, 2010 |
**A few minor spoilers***
I might be the only person who has read her books who feels this way, but so be it. I have read from the Redemption Series to the First Born Series to the Sunrise Series and on to this Above the Line series. I know all about the Baxter Family and their story and I really liked all of the first 3 Series. (Otherwise I would not have read all 14 books :) )
Now, with this Above the Line series. I am not sure if my explanation will come across as I intend, but here goes. I think she is starting to take it to far. It is almost too "preachy" for me. Any character in the book that doesn't have the confidence and conviction of Bailey Flannagin's character is always having bad things happen to them. It really started to get to me in Take 2, but especially in Take 3. And I really didn't understand the story line of Chase's wife wanting to eat candy or feed her kids Mac and Cheese and feeling like dirt because of it and that being part of the reason she loses some of her faith. I understood completely her feelings on being separated from Chase and his seemingly initial lack of real concern when their daughter got hurt, but I was really confused about her grabbing a few m&m's and then feeling depressed for hours.
I was really disappointed in the way she handled the Andi Ellison story line. I seemed to just get more irritated as the book went along. She seemed to use the fact that Andi has questions about her faith to throw every possible bad thing that could happen to her short of dying. She isn't 100% in her convictions and man does she pay the price by making one bad choice after another throughout the entire book until the end. I don't agree that because someone isn't 100% sure of their faith or has questions, that they will just make nothing but ignorant decisions. I found myself not even wanting to read the parts that were from her perspective.
I loved the faith and spiritualty of the Baxter Series books, but in my opinion, and I may be a lone ship here, I am not really a fan of the way this series is going. I will probably read take 4, if only because I have read all of the books up until now, but I am not really anticipating it.
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