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Rating:  - Inspirational book
After reading the book, I felt an inner peace. Books were written how to live life. But this book tells the inner thoughts of a dying saint and hows how to die gracefully. Thereby shows how to really live life. A story of a soul that proved that Jesus is truly the Son of the Living God.
Rating: - Down to Earth
I really liked this "story of a soul" because it was down-to-earth, and allowed me to relate to St. Therese as a real person. I get discouraged when it comes to the saints because I can never seem to imitate them in my life. This book was very encouraging though--just like St. Therese!
Rating: - A must read!!
I can't say enough good things about this book. I could read it again and again. Some criticize her style and her writing abilities; however, considering her small amount of formal education, it is quite wonderful. One should consider that she was writing out of obedience and never wished it to be published.
Rating:  - Mixed feelings
St Therese was obviously not an accomplished writer and her prose become quite wearisome. She litters her writing with a combination saccharine-sweet sentiments and Victorian angst. Nevertheless hidden in the pages of this book are some deep spiritual truths and revelations given to this saint from Jesus himself. Her method of resisting the evil, her vision of all believers as flowers in the Lord's garden, some wild, some cultivated, all different. These are profound truths spoken simply "out of the mouths of babes and sucklings" as it were. Only there are not enough of them for my liking to compensate for dreary writing in between.
Rating: - The Little Flower is a great Doctor of the Church
The insights of this cloistered Carmelite nun have profound impact over one hundred years after she put them to paper. It is amazing to read the thoughts of someone who was so close to God.
This book is a wonderful read, and no amount of explaining can give it the credit it deserves. Everyone should read this book-- period.
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