Review of Snatched Up to Heaven!

[Courtney Cavin]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Snatched Up to Heaven!" by Jemima Paul and Arvind Paul.]

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3 out of 5 stars

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Snatched Up to Heaven!, written by Jemima Paul and Arvind Paul is an inspirational Christian book sharing the visions of heaven and hell their two daughters witnessed. This short read is divided into two; the first half of the book focused on Heaven and the latter half focused on Hell.

Since the authors did not experience these visions but are instead expressing what their children, aged four and two, experienced, they use a unique format throughout the book. The beginning of each chapter is written in the children’s view, using child-like language. The sentences are short and the word choice is not always correct. Then the authors step in expressing what they believe the children are describing in their visions; connecting the thoughts and descriptions to scriptures from the Bible and the teachings of the Christian faith.

The book is a short but heavy read. It expresses a complex and often controversial topic surrounding the idea of visions of Heaven experienced on Earth. The simple sentence structure used throughout, and the new chapter for each new aspect of the vision attempts to present the information in a digestible way.

Snatched Up to Heaven! is strongly rooted in Christian beliefs, including scripture references and the authors’ point of view regarding faith and how one should live their life. The Pauls' understanding of the visions is used to express what their children saw and rarely contradicts what the children say. Instead, the children’s visions are reinforced with arguments that they were not taught this before and that what they say they saw is a child’s translation of particular scriptures.

The book’s message is clear, but the continuous, “the children saw this, this is what it means, this is the scripture it goes with” prevents the reader from interrupting the visions on their own. It would have been beneficial to the reader had the authors allowed the reader to have a more individual interpretation of the visions, and provided various scripture references, not just the ones they felt agreed seamlessly. This structure also became repetitive; creating a pattern that became tedious to read in too long of a sitting, which is unfortunate for what could be a short, single-sitting read.

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Snatched Up to Heaven!
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