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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Yes, again. Yes, again. I don't know what it is about Scottish folk devilry but I can't stop reading this book, at least partially because James Robertson writes it so well.
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
This is a fascinatingly multifarious book. And while you might not find yourself feeling sympathy for the devil, you will feel a great deal for Gideon Mack and his extraordinary adventures.
Full review here: https://murderundergroundbrokethecamel.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-testament-of-gideon-mack/
Full review here: https://murderundergroundbrokethecamel.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-testament-of-gideon-mack/
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
medium-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
BQ ✒ - "And now I am almost finished, and the time has come. Better days and other worlds are waiting ... I feel young and I feel old. I feel as though I am standing on the edge of eternity"
This was our book club read for November 📚 I struggled at first but so glad I persevered as the second half was worth the wait
1.➖I still can't make my mind up about Gideon Mack as a character 🤔 I definitely felt like I was reading the words of an unreliable narrator, but felt at the half way point his life story was quite bland till then. There is nothing wrong with that usually, but for it take up half the book before we get to the main plotline was a bit of a drag
2.✔Having said the above, I surprisingly found myself actively wanting to pick up this book every night to dive in. And this was not to rush through and get it over with, I genuinely wanted to see where the story was taking me. I couldn't say why it hooked me - potentially the subtle quirkiness of the book? All I know is Gideon Mack got into my head and wouldn't leave any time soon
3.✔ After getting past the half way mark, I started to get fully emotionally invested in the book. My favourite section is definitely the epilogue (this is where my quote is taken from ❤)! All through the book you hear from Gideon as your sole advisor. Hearing testemants of his character from so many familiar characters was a brilliang ending, and it left me pondering Gideon's character even more then before
Overall, really glad I read this. Something I wouldn't have chosen for myself but was definitely worth taking a chance on
This was our book club read for November 📚 I struggled at first but so glad I persevered as the second half was worth the wait
1.➖I still can't make my mind up about Gideon Mack as a character 🤔 I definitely felt like I was reading the words of an unreliable narrator, but felt at the half way point his life story was quite bland till then. There is nothing wrong with that usually, but for it take up half the book before we get to the main plotline was a bit of a drag
2.✔Having said the above, I surprisingly found myself actively wanting to pick up this book every night to dive in. And this was not to rush through and get it over with, I genuinely wanted to see where the story was taking me. I couldn't say why it hooked me - potentially the subtle quirkiness of the book? All I know is Gideon Mack got into my head and wouldn't leave any time soon
3.✔ After getting past the half way mark, I started to get fully emotionally invested in the book. My favourite section is definitely the epilogue (this is where my quote is taken from ❤)! All through the book you hear from Gideon as your sole advisor. Hearing testemants of his character from so many familiar characters was a brilliang ending, and it left me pondering Gideon's character even more then before
Overall, really glad I read this. Something I wouldn't have chosen for myself but was definitely worth taking a chance on
This may be the first book I've read this year that I unequivocally loved. I can definitely see myself reading this again several times. It's really hard to describe what it's about - saying it's about a Scottish minister who claims he's met the Devil really doesn't do it justice, because it's so much more than that. It's about religion and rationality and truth and the choices we make in our lives. And Gideon...oh, I may have fallen a little in love with Gideon as a character, even though he's a deeply flawed man. All I can really say is that I will be recommending this to everyone!
Sometimes books are like movies - if they were a hair shorter, they’d be perfect, and this book was one of them. It’s about an atheistic preacher in Scotland who encounters the Devil, and the general reaction to it. The beginning is killer, the middle plods until the juicy bits, and then it sails to the finish line quite nicely, but the fact that I had to sift through 100 pages of stuff that could have been cut in half or more dragged the whole thing down. The worst part is that it’s a neat treatise on the whole “what if an atheist encountered God” question, but in a really unique and different way. It’s worth your time, though.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-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