Taming A Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons From Napoleon Dynamite by Jeff Dunn, Adam Palmer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Taming A Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons From Napoleon Dynamite
Book Review: Digs Deeper Into Napoleon Dynamite, and I'd Like to See More of That
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has lots of great observations and conversation starters concerning the characters and situations seen in the great comedy film NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, and I'd like to see more of that, since this is such a fun movie!
This is pretty much a collection of short observations of scenes or dialogue from the movie, then some thoughts about the spiritual aspects of each sample, as seen from a Biblical viewpoint. SWEET!
This is a 24-piece set (like the NuPont bowls that Uncle Rico sells). There are 24 short chapters, each about 4 pages long, plus a Glossary, a Discussion Guide, and some Recipes.
For example, Napoleon tells Pedro, "Just tell them all their wildest dreams will come true if they vote for you." To which the authors contrast it to Psalm 37:4, where David says that God will give you the desires of your heart if you delight in Him first. Then they do a bit of deeper Bible commentary when they suggest that maybe the Psalm means that God will DEFINE the best desires for you to have in your heart, (which agrees more with other scripture verses saying God will give you what you REALLY need), and this is much different than thinking that God will give you ANYTHING superficial that you might wrongly lust over, like a fancy bicycle, or dating the wrong girl, etc...
This book is not just for Christians. It also points out some interesting observations about the movie characters that you might not have noticed; like Kip gets converted into a clothes horse for ghetto rapper styled clothing, but later, at the wedding, we see that he has ditched the style experiment and gone back to being himself, though he's still with LaFawnduh.
The Glossary is pretty cute, like--
"BODAGGIT: Derisive name directed at an especially despised person. Often accompanied by large citrus fruit hurled at same."
The Discussion Guide also has some good conversation starters to ponder, like--
"Kip meets his soul mate online. How do you feel about Internet dating? Why?"
Only the most jaded anti-Christian would be offended by this fun book. The cover does say "Unexpected Spiritual Lessons from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE," instead of perhaps, "Unexpected Christian Lessons...," but I think it's fair to say that Christianity is a form a spirituality. Maybe "Spirituality" is too often misused to describe New Age tomfoolery?
All in all, this is a nice little book, if you are a fan of the movie. You will find plenty to think about and talk about with your friends.
Book Review: unexpected lessons from reading the book excerpt
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're not bright enough to take a cursory glance and notice that Amazon lets you know this definitely deals with Christian view points, then you might just review the book as a one star read.
For those with basic logic skills and like taking their bikes on sweet jumps -- read on. Taming A Liger is a witty and insightful read. Christian or no, there indeed are basic spiritual lessons that any person can gain from this. It's also an exhaustive resource of some of the best quotes from the movie.
The one ironic thing is that two Christian authors are writing a book based on a movie written by a Mormon. Ah...America. Anyway, I heartily recommend checking it out.
Book Review: LOVE it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, this is probably the funniest book I have ever seen in my life. And the most entertaining. It even includes recipes from the movie like kip's nachos and quesa-dilluh's. Book Review: Written by scumbag liars
Summary: 1 Stars
Taming A Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons From Napoleon Dynamite contains a lot of unexpected things, mainly that this book is a fraud.
There is a huge difference between Spiritual Lessons and 24 chapters of Jesus. This book is nothing by a tool to try to make you believe in Jesus.
What's next from these guys `Spiritual Lessons from Porno'?
Save your money and don't buy this toilet paper.
Book Review: Evangelical Lie
Summary: 1 Stars
If you want spiritual lessons From Napoleon Dynamite, DON'T BUT THIS BOOK.
It is simply a ploy for these evangelicals to sell their lies.
The publisher, Th1nk Books, sells gospel books. Nothing wrong with that, but at least let them be honest.
If you want spiritual lessons, read the Bible, but DON'T BUT THIS BOOK