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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-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
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I just finished this book for the third time, and every time I am amazed by this story. This book is a stark portrayal of sin in the world: the characters are not likable, they all have some characteristic that is ugly and offensive in some way, but the book's message is that Christ died for all people like this: sin isn't glamorous, it isn't exciting, all the sin in the book is mundane and ordinary, but it took Christ to save these people, and that act of love was to save not-exciting, ordinary people. The main character is redeemed, I think, by the fact that he never gives in to despair, and doesn't stop trying to bring people towards salvation, even though he believes that it is out of reach for himself. This is such a real and powerful book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Would add this to a high school reading list if thst was something I had power over.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-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
This book became rather laborious when I read it in April. The middle part dragged; I remember I had a very hard time staying engaged on my bus journey to Guadalajara. An Odyssey for our whiskey priest as he lunges from safe house to safe house to crowded jail cell along Mexican backcountry trails, with all the associated disjointedness of such a journey. Perhaps Greene really excels when he can pull a single thread through a first-person narration, a la The Quiet American, because The Power and the Glory felt too detached and even sometimes perplexing whenever the narrator switched between characters. I don't think there was really too much that compelled me. Some scenes, imagery was memorable, but a bit of a disappointment overall.
Maybe if I was religious I’d have understood it, but it did get me to understand a piece of history I would be otherwise unaware of.
adventurous
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes