Honestly, it's kind of embarrassing to write this review , because I started reading this book a really long time ago. I think I averaged 6 words a day.
But I'm actually glad that it took me a long time. I think that helps it soak in.
NT Wright's book tries to enlarge our understanding of the resurrection, and then tries to explain the implications. It's really a huge topic that challenges traditional thinking. If you think that when Jesus comes back, he will take us away to heaven where we will dwell in a spiritual form forever, you'd better pick up this book.

One reason that it took me so long was that I did a lot of Bible reading to see if what he was saying was accurate (which good books usually make me do). It also took a long time because Wright can get pretty academic & Anglican - which makes the reading difficult at times. I wouldn't suggest this book for anyone who wouldn't want to really dig deep into the subject. But if anything was ever worth exploring, it's the resurrection (Jesus' and ours).
I'm pretty sure that my reading of this book, along with reading "The God I Don't Understand," will forever change how I view the life to come - and what that means for me today.
I don't agree with every conclusion Wright arrives at, but I agree with most, and I'm deeply grateful that I read it.

P.S. We are leaning towards naming our daughter, who now resides in my wife, Hope. If this holds true, it will not be influenced by this book, but it will be true that with this pregnancy we were definitely "surprised by Hope."