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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
Nope. Begins well—but the allegory becomes so thick as to overturn the story. It has a more complex and interesting allegorical structure than, say, The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis), but not executed as well. Poetry and whimsy is nice. Too clever, not enough story. Did not finish, not recommended.
I love stories where a self-satisfied character is brought to the humbling realization of how little they know and how pathetic they are.
An odd one, probably not for me. MacDonald's characters are always more symbols than people, and I never felt I had much to hang my hat on here.
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
An incredibly thought-provoking, engaging text that would lose you in seemingly unrelated imagery if you do not engage with it in a theological / philosophical dance. Although I am not a universalist, MacDonald’s theme of forsaking pride in order to truly live by dying will stay with me for a long time. Am I willing to accept the raven’s beck and call to truly think, feel, and live in a world that is not my own yet?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery