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Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

7 reviews

entommoore's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.25


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abigail_horn's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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jfuel's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I feared the outcome of honest speech—that it might reach forward in time and arrange events to come.

Characters I cared about, beautiful writing and interesting themes. 

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loganwil000's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

As someone who appreciates spirituality as an agnostic from a catholic background this book represents everything I want religion to be while creating a compelling narrative of morality, law, and family, if you love westerns, with a side of subtle magic this is perfect.

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beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0


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muffinandmelony's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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nadia's review

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adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I did struggle to get into this book. I didn't think it'd break a 4⭐️  rating for me. For one, having the theme of religious faith be so central to the plot was initially a challenge — I needed more explanation for certain things — but just like real-life faith: you can't really explain it, you have to accept and go with it. So that's what I did.

For most of the way, I remained intrigued, wanting to find out how the events unfolded, and, ultimately, the story, the protagonist's narrative voice, and the writing were absolutely beautiful. 

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