3.22k reviews for:

Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

3.86 AVERAGE

avasantaana's review against another edition

2.25

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

larkbreen's review

4.0

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I truly appreciate this book and am impressed by how specific it is to a certain experience. It does make me want to read the other books about the characters in this Iowa town because the tales recounted are so exact to this one man’s perspective. There are certain passages I would have liked to highlight and reference later and tbh I might change my rating to 5 stars. It is very Christian though and required some patience

luthien__'s review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aaronjz's review

4.25

hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

karenj25's review against another edition

5.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ksuzannert's review

4.0

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3.5/5

I don’t think I gave this book the attention it required. I can usually handle character-driven, plot-light work, but this was a lot for me right now.

clarissacardona's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

klm_mpls's review

2.0

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Picked this up because it's an all time favorite of a wonderful and admired friend. It was a little hard to get into. I felt like all I needed was an entire afternoon to dig in, and I'd have been hooked. But I was only getting time to read a dozen pages or so at a time. Wasn't working. So I returned it to the library and will dig back in when I have some dedicated time.

mweisenfeld's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katetrue's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes