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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wise Blood tells the story of Hazel Motes and his journey in an attempt to prove his non-faith and the characters that he meets along the way.
While I appreciate all the symbolism and the various interpretations of the reasons behind Flannery O'Conner's decision to write this novel I couldn't shrug off the feeling that this book had absolutely no point. Characters and events that seemed important in some parts, had all but disappeared and been forgotten about by the end.
I appreciate that I am most likely in the minority with this opinion, and it was by no means a difficult read. Not a page turner but enough of a hint of intrigue to keep you reading, even if it was only in the blind hope that the point of the story would somewhere appear. However, all in all, it just wasn't a hit with me.
While I appreciate all the symbolism and the various interpretations of the reasons behind Flannery O'Conner's decision to write this novel I couldn't shrug off the feeling that this book had absolutely no point. Characters and events that seemed important in some parts, had all but disappeared and been forgotten about by the end.
I appreciate that I am most likely in the minority with this opinion, and it was by no means a difficult read. Not a page turner but enough of a hint of intrigue to keep you reading, even if it was only in the blind hope that the point of the story would somewhere appear. However, all in all, it just wasn't a hit with me.
dark
reflective
sad
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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
characters and prose 5/5
ending 2/5
the ending was very unsatisfying on all fronts. i know that is the point but i dont have to like it.
ending 2/5
the ending was very unsatisfying on all fronts. i know that is the point but i dont have to like it.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A collection of grotesque obsessives, scratching at their mental itches until they become sores, prompted by subconscious impulses that they can only opaquely comprehend. There's a persistent desire to believe in something, to find portents in the world, in wise blood. (Is the idea that religions and prophets are receptacles into which we pour our own values?)
There is an overriding sense of loneliness, and a kind of cruelty in the narration that delights in relating the twisted souls that function as characters.
There is an overriding sense of loneliness, and a kind of cruelty in the narration that delights in relating the twisted souls that function as characters.
“I believe that what’s right today is wrong tomorrow and that the time to enjoy yourself is now so long as you let others do the same.”
“As for the Jesus … He was too foul a notion for a sane person to carry in his head…”
Other than those two lines, I didn’t enjoy much about this book. I’m sure it caused quite a stir in 1949, but it didn’t stir me.
“As for the Jesus … He was too foul a notion for a sane person to carry in his head…”
Other than those two lines, I didn’t enjoy much about this book. I’m sure it caused quite a stir in 1949, but it didn’t stir me.
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced