| Title | : | The Rescuer (O'Malley, #6) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1414310617 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781414310619 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2003 |
The Rescuer (O'Malley, #6) Reviews
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Henderson hits it out of the ballpark again.
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The sereis is finished!!!!! *cries*
But I loved this book. It was a wonderful ending, and I really enjoyed getting to know Stephen better. :)
Now I get to start the series over again... ;) -
I immensely enjoyed this whole series!! This is actually one of my favourite series, and it was my fifth time doing a marathon of the O'Malley series.
Stephen and Meghan's story was incredible and I was really privileged to walk with them throughout their journey. Stephen comes to understand that Jesus is his friend. There are no strings attached, Jesus simply loves him. It was profound to see how this was explored and explained. Henderson has done a great job of making the faith elements real and believable. I was really looking forward to Stephen's story since he was the last O'Malley to come to Jesus and find love, and I wasn't disappointed!! I immediately fell in love with Meghan!! She is incredible to have walked through such pain and come out better than before. Stephen and Meghan are perfect together and I found myself cheering and rooting for them! The secondary characters were also great and the event that happens with Kate was really shocking!! (I won't tell you what it is, now you have to read it for yourself ^^) I found myself loving Silverton and I just know that Stephen and Meghan will have a long happy life.
The action scenes had me on the edge of my seat and I was madly turning the pages all day!! I cannot express how amazing this series was and if you haven't read it... what are you waiting for? A MUST READ!! I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it!!! -
4.5 stars
I think this is one of the best of the series. I loved the jewel-heist angle, though at first the intro was hard to follow. I appreciated that Meghan refused to date Stephen while he wasn’t a believer, and I enjoyed having a blind character in the story.
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The Rescuer had a whole different feel then the others. Stephen leaves his paramedic job and tries to find peace and happiness somewhere else after his sister dies. The reality is that he only can find contentment and friendship in Jesus Christ. He sees Megan again...and her friendship with Jesus draws him to her. This book didn't have the same intense scenes as others, except for right at the end. I would have loved to seen more of Stephen's work as a paramedic.
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This was a nice conclusion to the series. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the O’Malley series! There was good, solid theological threads woven through each of them and this was no different.
In ways, this one was calmer than the others (until the end; that was slightly suspenseful). It wraps up everything from Stephen’s life to the lives of the other O’Malleys. Probably a series I’ll reread someday. -
I was right - not as good as The Healer, but still pretty epic. I've been sooooo excited to read Stephen's story, and it did not disappoint! Especially the baby goat. I love baby goats.
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It is so sad to say goodby to this series, and the O'Malley Family. I think that I could read about them for a very long time, but all stories must come to an end. Thank you Dee Henderson for such a fun journey.
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This was a very good book. I was hoping for more 'paramedic scenes', but they were very slim. I still enjoyed it though. I am terribly disappointed that this series is over. I loved it and will definitely be looking to add this series to my bookshelves.
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A great finish to the O'Malley series, Stephen O'Malley and Meghan Delhart are the two main characters in this story. I recommend that you read the whole series first starting with Danger in the Shadows which has a background for the first O'Malley novel.
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Reread November 2014
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RTC
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Yet another "missionary dating" scenario of which there is an abundance in this series. See my previous reviews.
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An amazing book that finished an awesome series! RTC
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I am so sorry the series is over. I absolutely loved each of the O'Malley books - and the O'Malley's. Dee Henderson has now become one of my favorite authors.
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The Rescuer by Dee Henderson
Genre: Mystery, Christian Romance
Format: Kindle
Timeframe: More or less current day
Location: Chicago and Silverton, IL
Characters
Stephen O’Malley: EMT specialist/house remodeler
Meghan Delhart: Nurse, childhood friend of Stephen’s
Marcus, Lisa, Rachel, Jack, Jennifer, and Kate: All of Stephen’s brothers and sisters
The last in the O’Malley series. Very good one!
Stephen is running away. Away from the sorrow that haunts him daily after his sister Jennifer died. He needs to get away from Chicago and find peace.
Stephen is the last in his family to take Jesus seriously, in fact, he’s fighting it. He sees Jesus as someone who doesn’t answer prayer, who isn’t there when He’s needed, and Stephen’s not convinced that Jesus or “religion” is for him.
But Meghan, the woman he loves back in Illinois, is a Christian who will be his friend and nothing more. The friendship between them is strong and deep because she truly loves him. It’s clear they would do anything for each other. During one intimate discussion she actually tells him his lack of decision for Christ will separate them for eternity, which saddens her heart.
Meghan was a nurse, and a good one, and a childhood friend from the neighborhood of the orphanage in which he lived, along with all his brothers and sisters. One dark night a car accident leaves Meghan blind. But she’s strong, resilient and her faith doesn’t waiver, all of which makes Stephen love her even more.
After he returns to Illinois to stay, he buys a farm in the same small town that Meghan has come to love since her accident, the home of her parents. But something strange keeps popping up there, and a mystery rears an ugly head. A mystery that is decades old and is now getting dangerous.
I liked this story. I wish, though, that Jesus had been portrayed as a Savior rather than just a friend. In fact, the word savior was never mentioned in the book. Generally we don’t accept Christ as friend. We accept him as our Savior. I mean, the reason for his death was not to be our friend. He could have been our friend without the Cross. No that Cross had a deeper significance, one that meant the difference between life forever with Him, or an eternity lost. Christ needed to go to the Cross as a payment; as a sacrifice for our sin, not merely to be our friend.
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I had been looking forward to Stephens book since the first time he came in the first book. I was a little saddened to discover what a hard time he had. Most of the book takes place away from the O'Malley siblings, and while I appreciated the author not trying to make this a climactic ending with all the characters are perfectly happy, I was sad not to see more of them. I mean, we never see Lisa or Rachel.
I loved Stephen and Megan's love for each other despite the hardships they both face. I loved Megan taking a stand for herself and making boundaries. (Also, can we have a shout out to her actually having great parents? How often does that happen in books?)
Overall, I was a little disappointed in Stephen's book, but I loved the O'Malley's. (Jack and Kate are forever my favorites. <3)
>>November 2019
My only really updated thought on this was that I disliked how Megan said no to Stephan, and then keeps letting him take her on romantic dates and stuff, and he doesn't stop even though she said no. While there was a boundary, it wasn't upheld very well. Though I do love how little kissing there is in this book, and Kate and Dave's continuing story is kind of the best. -
As always, this story melted my heart. Stephen has long been one of my favorite O’Malleys, and that has not changed. I love that he has a huge heart and feels called to help people for a living. It’s excruciating to watch him struggle to accept the personal-relationship-with-Jesus aspect of faith that I utterly cherish, but the journey is completely worth it every time. That there is some fierce weather involved in this book might have something to do with why this is one of my two favorite O’Malley books (the other favorite, Rachel’s story, also includes crazy weather… I’m seeing a theme here…). The crazy weather definitely added depth to the suspense of this story. The raw grief Stephen experiences is extraordinary and realistic. I always end up crying right along with him, and that was true this time around too. The jewelry-thief mystery was amazing and hooked me in again. Everything about this story is right up my alley. This was my fourth read, but it won’t be my last.
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Meh. I started this - my husband is a paramedic - thinking that it would help me empathize with some of the stresses he has, and ended up (after reading a very choppy, gushing/stilted book) thinking :There are SIX more in this series? Woof.
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L.O.V.E. it! suspenseful to the very end.
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Dee Henderson is a wonderful storyteller and I've enjoyed the O'Malley Series.
The Rescuer is the last book in the series, and I particularly enjoyed how the author talks to God through the characters as Christians also do daily.
The Rescuer combines romance and adventure in the tale of the search for the ultimate love relationship, with Jesus Christ both now and forever!!
Meghan is a terrific character and love interest for Stephen O'Malley.
Like the other O'Malley brothers and sisters - Meghan quickly becomes a friend for the reader. -
This is the last book in this series. I read them all, and I am so sad to see the series end. I really enjoyed reading about the O'Malley's
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Once again, it's sad to end this series. It was really good. The narrator did a good job
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Nice ending to the series. Couldn't put it down. I read it in a day. Kept me very intrigued.
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I enjoyed this series. They were a little sappy and all wrapped up much too neatly, but they leave you feeling good.
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The beginning was a little difficult due to the time jumps but keep reading it is so worth it! I hope she writes more with these characters! I loved this series an I don’t say that often!
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This is the final book in O’Malley series, and focuses on Stephen, who is a paramedic. Completely burned out from his job (driving a squad to emergencies in Chicago is no tea party), emotionally exhausted from the illness and death of his youngest sister, and frustrated because the rest of his family have all become Christians and he can’t understand why, Stephen leaves for a long break. When he returns, he buys a small farm in a small town outside of Chicago, and is ready to start his new life.
I really enjoyed this book, as I have the entire series. This one involved a jewel thief parallel story line that seemed a bit obscure to me, but Stephen’s love interest, Meghan, is one of my favorite characters in the entire series, so the book was a bit of a toss-up for me. :-D I will say that it contains more excellent conversations about religion. I greatly appreciated this exchange–“Why does it feel like God has conditions on loving me?”
“He doesn’t. You’re projecting your own list of what you think He should expect. It gets pretty intense when you realize He accepts you despite the fact that you’re a mess as the moment … Jesus is the kind who moves in, says I love you anyway, and then starts helping repair the mess. He means it when He says He loves you as you are, not based on what you’ve done. But He loves you too much to leave you in that chaos once you know Him.”
Henderson manages to capture that beautiful tension of the Christian life–Christ accepts us for who we are, without demanding us to “clean up” our lives in order to approach Him, but once we give our lives to Him, He helps us to clean them up, working alongside of us–a holy life is a result of a relationship with Christ, not a prerequisite.
I do feel like this book ends a bit abruptly. We’ve traveled along with this family for six fat books, and then it’s just sort of “and everyone lived happily ever after” kind of feel and that’s the end. Still, I really enjoyed this series as a whole, and this book in particular is an easy 4/5 -
There was a wrench thrown in this book that was too much. The town Stephen goes to find solace is hours away from his hometown Chicago,with no hospital. A couple of times, family just drops by for the day, an emergency cause a patient to have to be transported and low and behold it puts Stephen in a position to just drop by Chicago to see his sister. Another time, Kate calls the blind nurse to "drop" by when she feels ill. The logistics should have included the jet that so quickly is used in previous books. Stephen's previous love interest is just kind of looked over with a mere sentence as if the reader will just accept it and move on to a new chick. The author merely mentions Stephen's soul searching as he travels the country after the death of his sister. A climax is alluded to in a previous book when Lisa mentions a landmark she wants him to visit, and it is forgotten in this book. His new love interest has such a back story with the family, I keep asking myself why was she not in previous books. The O'Malley family is so close and yet Stephen has cut himself off from them only to desperately need a girl we have not met. Again there is another evangelistic dating thing going on, that I think especially for teens is misleading. This book seems more like the writers brainstorming than an actual thought out story. The series is one I definately am glad to be finished. The problems with basic Christian teaching and realistic spiritual self discovery caused me to sit down with my kids and clarify many things. I did tell them that Henderson was published and I was not, so to take my opinions about her writing style with a grain of salt.
