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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Been told to read this book a million times. Finally started listening to it on my drive up for thanksgiving. It was so good! The writing and storytelling was so poetic. I ached for the main character as he was processing his life and learnings. Can't wait to read the rest in this series. Marilynne Robinson is a fantastic writer! Definitely a book worth re-reading.
“I really didn’t understand what it was that made people who came to me so indifferent to good judgement, to common sense . . . And I know now that it is passion that moves them to their prodigal renunciations. I might seem to be comparing something great and holy with a minor and ordinary thing, that is, love of God with mortal love. But I just don’t see them as separate things at all. If we can be divinely fed with a morsel and divinely blessed with a touch, then the terrible pleasure we find in a particular face can certainly instruct us in the nature of the very grandest love. I devoutly believe this to be true. I remember in those days loving God for the existence of love and being grateful to God for the existence of gratitude, right down in the depths of my misery. I realized many things I am at a loss to express. And of course those feelings become milder with time, which is a mercy” (204).
Robinson is incredible. Please read this novel if you have not. Put down whatever Oprah commanded you to read, unless it was this book, and get Gilead.
emotional
reflective
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:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I needed to google so much while reading-there is historical, philosophical, and theological references packed into every page. I am amazed by the authors ability to craft this novel, I give it 5 stars mainly out of respect. I will be tho king about this one for awhile.
“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them sufficient”
I decided to read the last 10 books to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature and this was my first. What a way to start off!
This was a beautifully written book about the nature of belief, the relationship of fathers and sons, and the notion of legacy. You get this all in a backdrop of 19th and early 20th century American history.
It is written as a letter from a dying father to his son, that he knows will grow up without him. It reminded me somewhat of "The Last Lecture" in subject matter, but it handled very differently. John Ames is a minister, like his father and grandfather before him. He tells the story of three generations to help inform his son what he comes from and what he can be.
The writing is exquisite. Every sentence is carefully considered and perfectly expressed. It is the kind of book you want to read aloud.
This was a beautifully written book about the nature of belief, the relationship of fathers and sons, and the notion of legacy. You get this all in a backdrop of 19th and early 20th century American history.
It is written as a letter from a dying father to his son, that he knows will grow up without him. It reminded me somewhat of "The Last Lecture" in subject matter, but it handled very differently. John Ames is a minister, like his father and grandfather before him. He tells the story of three generations to help inform his son what he comes from and what he can be.
The writing is exquisite. Every sentence is carefully considered and perfectly expressed. It is the kind of book you want to read aloud.
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated