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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
I feel like there’s a lot I don’t understand in this book, and yet it intrigues me to the point of enjoying it. I can sense a depth underneath that I’m scratching at, like looking through a dusty window to see the inside of some interesting old building. I’m here cupping my hands against my face to try and see what’s going on in this book, but it’s hard to see for me. I’m going to read it again and try to get more out of it - but regardless, I really like it. It’s strange.
Very odd, and this style just doesn’t interest me. Reminds me of Holden Caufield, confederacy of dunces, sun also rises kind of, stoner. My apathy for the main character makes it hard. Just a piece of shit main character, wastrel. I meet these people in the ED, I can only channel so much empathy their way. Fake preacher, nihilism, basically everyone is shitty (landlady, girlfriend)
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I need to sit and process this one
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This weird, imaginative, and funny book takes a sharp, dark turn toward the end. At its heart is a crisis of faith. Hazel Motes, a soldier returned to Tennessee from World War II, sets out to preach the gospel of truth as he sees it, that Christ does not exist and redemption is a lie. Motes is driven by anger more than anything else - anger at his deceased parents, at the government for sending him off to war, at God for letting him down. Hazel Motes is wound up so tight you just know that any moment a spring will pop and he will fly apart in a hundred pieces.
O’Connor’s prose is accessible, strongly voiced, and very evocative. She populates the book with unsympathetic, even borderline repulsive characters, yet somehow maintains an affectionate tone toward them.
O’Connor’s prose is accessible, strongly voiced, and very evocative. She populates the book with unsympathetic, even borderline repulsive characters, yet somehow maintains an affectionate tone toward them.
adventurous
dark
fast-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
Such a strange book in a good way. The protagonist is a nihilist, trying to prove that sin and redemption aren’t real. All of the characters were so intriguing, each having their own ideas of religion. Lots of comical parts and very unique story
I feel like I need to read a commentary on this book. Someone needs to explain to me what exactly was going on, what the purpose was, because I didn't get it. And as a general rule, I'm pretty good at picking meaning out of craziness, but this one was just bizarre.
“Who better to lead the blind than the blind, who knew what it was like?”
“That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence.”
“Later he saw Jesus move from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure motioning him to turn around and come off into the dark where he was not sure of his footing, where he might be walking on the water and not know it and then suddenly know it and drown.”
“That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence.”
“Later he saw Jesus move from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure motioning him to turn around and come off into the dark where he was not sure of his footing, where he might be walking on the water and not know it and then suddenly know it and drown.”