I made it to 50%, and then I skimmed the rest of the book. Note that I only read that much because a friend highly recommended it. I guess it might also be worth noting that I am not religious person, though I am sensitive and empathetic. 
 I wanted to like it. I wanted it to open my mind, expand my horizons, and make me consider life and such in a new way. Yet the writing was so hokey and mediocre that it kept me from connecting with the characters and learning anything. 
 Basically, a man's daughter is kidnapped and likely murdered. His relationship with God suffers. God leaves him a note, inviting him to meet to talk at the location where his daughter was murdered. The man goes, and through an extremely repetitive conversation with an odd version of the Holy Trinity, learns forgiveness and other stuff. 
 So, human beings were not meant to live with free will and independence, but it happened, all starting with Adam and Eve. God isn't happy with the direction mankind has taken, but God loves all his children, and is also "especially fond of" all of them." *eyeroll* If there is a God, why does he let murder/war/STDs/poverty/etc/etc/etc take place? God doesn't want to take away our free will, so there you have it. Live within God and Jesus, and fully trust them and they will live within you, or something. 
 This basic message is repeated in many, many different ways in the talks the main character has with Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit. 
 I'm pleased that this title has moved and positively affected so many people, I am just not one of them.