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swaggle's review against another edition
emotional
4.0
Books I-IX, the autobiographical portion of The Confessions, are excellent and this work would probably be 5 stars if the later portion hadn't digressed into philosophy and biblical exegesis. Books I-IX are absolutely worth reading, I had to skim parts of the last few books.
tsunami935's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
rottenjester's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
if you love the Lord so much why don't you marry him
aemelialialia's review
5.0
A truly inspiring book. It has made me stop and have a discussion with myself multiple times and I believe this is a book worth reading at one point of one's life. I will definitely read it again later in my life.
beccafeldhacker's review
2.0
Honestly, I really disliked it. His means of reflecting and confessing makes almost functioned as a trigger to my conservative and legalistic Christianity days. His use of scripture was at least, convenient for his sake, and at most, close-minded. It makes sense that he is viewed as a foundation in the church but I hate it and can see why the church has continued to evolve in the ways it has.
tomstbr's review
5.0
Absolutely magnificent. This should be mandatory reading for everyone, especially men in their 20s. The journey through Augustine's conversion is very interesting, the way he goes back and forth on the big questions in life. He seems so human, and the writing flows (I think the translation was also very good). The footnotes in this edition were also very helpful, you see how much of his thought came from ancient writers like Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and more. The latter more theological sections were also fascinating, especially the discussion of the nature of time. Much food for thought.