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The Nativity Story
Written by Angela Hunt
Narrated by Renee Raudman
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Bestselling author Angela Hunt, who most recently wrote Magdalene, a historical fiction novel of the story of Mary Magdalene that was tied to The Da Vinci Code, now focuses on Mary, the mother of Jesus. She has adapted the screenplay for The Nativity Story into a powerful historical novel. Her moving novelization of this film tells the extraordinary tale of two common people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, an arduous journey, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. Brought to life with an unprecedented attention to detail and commitment to historical accuracy, Hunt tells how from humble beginnings great things can come.
Author
Angela Hunt
Angela Hunt is the bestselling author of more than 100 books, including The Tale of Three Trees, Don’t Bet Against Me, The Note, and The Nativity Story. Her nonfiction book Don’t Bet Against Me, written with Deanna Favre, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Angela and her husband make their home in Florida with their dogs.
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Reviews for The Nativity Story
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5All was not calm on that long-ago evening in Bethlehem; all was not bright. For desperation shadowed the hearts of men, and evil fully intended to blot out the light.And then begins The Nativity Story by author Angela Hunt, based on the screenplay by Mike Rich. Given that the film is one of my all-time favorites, I was (years late but) excited to find out this novelization exists.This isn't the first novel I've read based on the biblical account of the nativity, and the movie certainly wasn't the first or only dramatization I've seen. So I was glad to find that a few of Mary's and Joseph's questions and uncertainties in this book are ones I hadn't seen before.Even so, I can't say the characters fully came alive for me in this novel, and my interest in the story dipped at times. One minor but important character's storyline ends with a disturbing question that's never answered for him, and the characters who appear in the modern-day prologue don't appear again. I don't like to find out that a prologue is just a standalone scene that doesn't tie in later and that the rest of the story doesn't need.Still, I appreciate that this novel illustrates the darker, unjust, and violent side to this story, giving the light its meaningful backdrop. (I especially would not have wanted to be a woman living in that time and culture.) And my favorite parts of the story surround the shifting and shining of that brilliant star in the sky...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good adaptation. I kind of hoped the author would have expanded the story some, but I enjoyed it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved listening to this version of THE Christmas Story. Only halfway through did I realize this was the book that the film was adapted from. Watching that movie at a younger age has helped shape how I view Joseph & Mary during this time so it was very cool to gain even more empathy through this book.