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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
This book was a difficult read because of the 1600 English and the weight of the content, and it took me awhile to get through because of all that. BUT it was a book dense with goodness. So much conviction and so many scenarios and characters I can see in myself and others. I’d read it again... probably not for a few years but I’ll definitely be reading this again.
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Good spiritual read. I can see why it is a popular read among spiritual people, particularly Christians. I enjoyed it, particular!y the second half with Christiana and her children. It was a big hard to read, as it was written in the 1600's but enjoyable.
I didn't mind the first part of the book. It was heavy-handed, but I was interested to see how Bunyan structured his allegory. I prefer allegories that are less overt, but it had its moments. My favorite being the Puritan slapstick moment where Christian races ahead of another pilgrim like a jerk and ends up tripping and falling. I found the second half Bunyan wrote years later absolutely insufferable with the constant repetition. I can see what he was going for, but I think more than anything it just proves there have been unnecessary sequels since the beginning of time--or at least since the 1600s.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
Obwohl es inhaltlich sehr tief geht, fand ich die Charaktere und das Storytelling eher flach, teilweise fast schon plakativ.
Nichtsdestotrotz ein ermutigendes und herausforderndes Buch, das dazu anregt, sich auf seiner eigenen Pilgerreise nicht vom Weg abbringen zu lassen. Wenn man es als solches liest und keine ausgereiften Abhandlungen erwartet (obwohl Bunyan ein Mann voller Erkenntnis ist, und das merkt man auch in der Geschichte!), durchaus zu empfehlen!
Nichtsdestotrotz ein ermutigendes und herausforderndes Buch, das dazu anregt, sich auf seiner eigenen Pilgerreise nicht vom Weg abbringen zu lassen. Wenn man es als solches liest und keine ausgereiften Abhandlungen erwartet (obwohl Bunyan ein Mann voller Erkenntnis ist, und das merkt man auch in der Geschichte!), durchaus zu empfehlen!
i love jesus, but this book and i aren’t on the best of terms
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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
Absolutely a must read for anyone who has experience of embarking on or enduring the journey of faith
adventurous
medium-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
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
finishing this was my pilgrimage. my goodness. it was hard. there were lows, there were highs, there were more lows. it was slow. i had temptations. there was a giant. ok not really.
i picked it up knowing only that 1) vanity fair’s title comes from it 2) it’s full of silly allegorical names 3) it’s religious. then managed to forget the third, so i was expecting something comic: ‘becky sharp: the prequel: 1678’, or perhaps something akin to ‘gullivers travels’ (the names are kind of similar i guess). somehow the actual tone of religion in the 17th century temporarily escaped me. anyway 3 is all that matters. it’s doctrine all the way through. which isn’t to say there aren’t jokes. just not many.
the first half of the book was truly a drag. it wasn’t all boring… but most of it was. i struggled to stay engaged, and felt it didnt matter if i wasn’t, because it all go repeated. the amount of stuff that happens makes it difficult to want to savour any of it. i kept reading at night and falling asleep.
i do feel that, if i knew a lot of stuff about the story, really revelled in the context, it would be a much richer text, much like my relationship with ‘beowulf’. but ‘the pilgrims progress’ isnt ‘beowulf’; ‘beowulf’ is. the first half was something i doggy-paddled through, to get to the other side.
and on that side, shining like the celestial city, i found the second half, about christiana and co, and in it, i uncovered the world’s most perfect fantasy sequel. john bunyan’s ‘a feast for crows’ (i love ‘a feast for crows’). and ok so the second half still took me forever to read and remained at least a bit boring and repetitive, and plotless, and had even less thrills— but what it lacked it sustained action sequences, it made up for with drama.
this bad boy had redemption arcs (christiana). it had character growth (mercy). it had living in the shadow of a hero gone but still always remembered, whom the audience knows from before their hero days (christian). it has strong female friendships and found family!!! it has this actually completely astounding bittersweet narnia-ass ending. and i’m being facetious with this list, but i actually think that the inadequacy that christiana and mercy wrestle with at the beginning is extremely compelling characterisation, and a very interesting position from which have characters start a quest. and i legitimately enjoyed the christian legacy stuff: it’s giving earthsea 3.
which is all to say: when is the (christian) mythology feminist retelling of christiana’s story being published?
i picked it up knowing only that 1) vanity fair’s title comes from it 2) it’s full of silly allegorical names 3) it’s religious. then managed to forget the third, so i was expecting something comic: ‘becky sharp: the prequel: 1678’, or perhaps something akin to ‘gullivers travels’ (the names are kind of similar i guess). somehow the actual tone of religion in the 17th century temporarily escaped me. anyway 3 is all that matters. it’s doctrine all the way through. which isn’t to say there aren’t jokes. just not many.
the first half of the book was truly a drag. it wasn’t all boring… but most of it was. i struggled to stay engaged, and felt it didnt matter if i wasn’t, because it all go repeated. the amount of stuff that happens makes it difficult to want to savour any of it. i kept reading at night and falling asleep.
i do feel that, if i knew a lot of stuff about the story, really revelled in the context, it would be a much richer text, much like my relationship with ‘beowulf’. but ‘the pilgrims progress’ isnt ‘beowulf’; ‘beowulf’ is. the first half was something i doggy-paddled through, to get to the other side.
and on that side, shining like the celestial city, i found the second half, about christiana and co, and in it, i uncovered the world’s most perfect fantasy sequel. john bunyan’s ‘a feast for crows’ (i love ‘a feast for crows’). and ok so the second half still took me forever to read and remained at least a bit boring and repetitive, and plotless, and had even less thrills— but what it lacked it sustained action sequences, it made up for with drama.
this bad boy had redemption arcs (christiana). it had character growth (mercy). it had living in the shadow of a hero gone but still always remembered, whom the audience knows from before their hero days (christian). it has strong female friendships and found family!!! it has this actually completely astounding bittersweet narnia-ass ending. and i’m being facetious with this list, but i actually think that the inadequacy that christiana and mercy wrestle with at the beginning is extremely compelling characterisation, and a very interesting position from which have characters start a quest. and i legitimately enjoyed the christian legacy stuff: it’s giving earthsea 3.
which is all to say: when is the (christian) mythology feminist retelling of christiana’s story being published?