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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Superb, thoroughly enjoyed this book. So far every Graham Greene book I have read has not disappointed.
Greet characters and a very interesting, intriguing and moving plot.
Greet characters and a very interesting, intriguing and moving plot.
dark
reflective
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Graham Greene has been running the gauntlet over here on Booksta for a hot minute. First place we met was on the Donnie Darko movie, 🐰, our teacher taught us about The Ministry of Fear and reproach the wrath of the demimonde. Ooh, all shall fear the demimonde!
"This was what one meant by dawn - the noise of life."
Oke, now sit back and put yourself in repose. Recline the chair or just stop reading; & start reading. You're now in a parallel universe, and all of our heroes are dead. After all, We're all gonna die!!! Oh, tho once the Goths worshipped. That's another book, L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall"; Planet Earth 🌎, isolated way out here on the piddling gorące depths of tepid space. Far be it for me to say that Piekło and Niebo hover about; cozened sth. betwain a body and I. My body really belongs to me, I see, but who does the thing inside belong to? 🤔
"He had come to the very edge of time: Soon there would be no tomorrow and no yesterday, just existence going on forever. He began to wish he had taken a little more brandy."
I couldn't help thinking of a dystopian novel. Nobody in their right mind should classify Graham Greene as a science fiction author. Alas, I am left-minded. That doesn't make me good at politics, cause politics don't fit my world view... Sorry, World. But here is a down-to-earth novella just short enough to fill the space of a day, and folks aren't happy @ all, not at the priest, the priest is not happy with the brandy, and the congregation is not happy with red wine and saltine crackers. Don José is having meat loaf Tonite. I'm having brandy.
Did I mention I love Tucson?! I'm sitting out here in the shade and the sun is both warm and cool simultaneously. The Catalina's are closer to home than the Superstitions. Oh, I can't trade summers for anything here, they get used to it. Mighty Hot, and doesn't creep into the bones, like the 🆒 dew. Greene is ok. Graham and Greenley county are just east of here, something like 150 miles, past Benson, Wilcox, Safford, Mount Graham. Somewhere out there Tombstone is holding their houses. 🔫
"This was what one meant by dawn - the noise of life."
Oke, now sit back and put yourself in repose. Recline the chair or just stop reading; & start reading. You're now in a parallel universe, and all of our heroes are dead. After all, We're all gonna die!!! Oh, tho once the Goths worshipped. That's another book, L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall"; Planet Earth 🌎, isolated way out here on the piddling gorące depths of tepid space. Far be it for me to say that Piekło and Niebo hover about; cozened sth. betwain a body and I. My body really belongs to me, I see, but who does the thing inside belong to? 🤔
"He had come to the very edge of time: Soon there would be no tomorrow and no yesterday, just existence going on forever. He began to wish he had taken a little more brandy."
I couldn't help thinking of a dystopian novel. Nobody in their right mind should classify Graham Greene as a science fiction author. Alas, I am left-minded. That doesn't make me good at politics, cause politics don't fit my world view... Sorry, World. But here is a down-to-earth novella just short enough to fill the space of a day, and folks aren't happy @ all, not at the priest, the priest is not happy with the brandy, and the congregation is not happy with red wine and saltine crackers. Don José is having meat loaf Tonite. I'm having brandy.
Did I mention I love Tucson?! I'm sitting out here in the shade and the sun is both warm and cool simultaneously. The Catalina's are closer to home than the Superstitions. Oh, I can't trade summers for anything here, they get used to it. Mighty Hot, and doesn't creep into the bones, like the 🆒 dew. Greene is ok. Graham and Greenley county are just east of here, something like 150 miles, past Benson, Wilcox, Safford, Mount Graham. Somewhere out there Tombstone is holding their houses. 🔫
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The beginning was a little slow and hard to get into, but it really picked up early on! There are so many amazing quotes, and it tackles the difficulty of treating our enemies with love. The priest was such an interesting character and his commentary on Imago Dei was very insightful.
Be careful at what moment in your life you read this. It can seem very depressing in the first half - but the second is so powerful.
Honestly, I'm still trying to figure this one out. Updike's introduction, which I read after I finished the novel, helps plug in some of the historical context. And trips to Wikipedia to learn more about Tobasco during the Mexican Revolution--particularly under Tomás Garrido Canabal's anti-clerical, socialist administration--have provided some useful historical context. Both have revealed that I know practically nothing about Mexican history less about Catholicism than I had thought.
All those caveats aside, there's a lot to admire here in terms of style. Greene creates a very real, gritty, almost post-apocalyptic world in Mexico. And his writing at times reminded me of Hemingway and at others of Cormac McCarthy while still having a uniqueness of its own.
I like philosophical novels more than most, but there's always the risk that they'll become tedious tracts rather than true exchanges of ideas. Green, for the most part, avoids this fate. But there are times when he flirts with it. And the exchanges between the Whiskey Priest and the Lieutenant, as well as the Priest's dialog with other prisoners are really admirable.
All those caveats aside, there's a lot to admire here in terms of style. Greene creates a very real, gritty, almost post-apocalyptic world in Mexico. And his writing at times reminded me of Hemingway and at others of Cormac McCarthy while still having a uniqueness of its own.
I like philosophical novels more than most, but there's always the risk that they'll become tedious tracts rather than true exchanges of ideas. Green, for the most part, avoids this fate. But there are times when he flirts with it. And the exchanges between the Whiskey Priest and the Lieutenant, as well as the Priest's dialog with other prisoners are really admirable.