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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh man. I know I know. This book is a classic. People feel entitled to say they like it purely for that fact. But I? I hated this book when I first read it. I found it dull and hard to get through. And then I talked about it with my AP English teacher. My whole perspective changed. It was still a hard book to make myself finish, but I now see the beauty in the novel. This book is filled with wonderful principles, once you get passed the childish view that is is just about a drunk priest.
challenging
dark
reflective
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
Short Review: I can't read this without thinking about Endo's Silence. I will always connect Greene and Endo, but I think these two books are the two that are probably most connected between the two authors. Both are about persecutions, but different types of persecutions. I didn't know anything about the Mexican persecution of the church prior to reading this. I looked up a little bit about it after I finished the book. It was regional and not a serious, but there was still many people that died and the suffering described here seems realistic.
The Power and the Glory is smaller and I think a bit more approachable as a means to thinking about what it means to be a Christian in the face of suffering. Silence is so big. The entire church was essentially wiped out. Graham Greene's story ends more hopefully because as he was publishing it, the persecution was basically ended. The church overcame. So the stories are different because of the endings.
Part of what is interesting to me is how the role of the priest in Catholic theology is different from a Protestant Pastor and so the whiskey priest, as much as he may have been ridiculed because of his sin, was still a priest. A similar book I don't think could really be written about a Protestant pastor.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-power-and-the-glory/
The Power and the Glory is smaller and I think a bit more approachable as a means to thinking about what it means to be a Christian in the face of suffering. Silence is so big. The entire church was essentially wiped out. Graham Greene's story ends more hopefully because as he was publishing it, the persecution was basically ended. The church overcame. So the stories are different because of the endings.
Part of what is interesting to me is how the role of the priest in Catholic theology is different from a Protestant Pastor and so the whiskey priest, as much as he may have been ridiculed because of his sin, was still a priest. A similar book I don't think could really be written about a Protestant pastor.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-power-and-the-glory/
Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 star book for me. The writing is amazing, as should be expected in a Graham Greene novel, and I didn't know anything about this period in Mexican history in the area of Chiapas, etc. But this is very much an outsider's view of events and local customs/ideals. The unnamed priest, although a native Mexican, presents very much as a white man which I thought was odd. (And does anyone know what is meant to have happened to the Fellows girl? Greene was pretty coy in the ending there.)
A beautiful insight into the human condition through the eyes and thoughts of an outlawed priest during the Mexican persecution of the Catholic Church.
The "Whisky Priest" wanders through the Mexican country side trying to secretly minister to his flock while carrying the burden if his own sins. He is far from perfect but honestly and humbly struggles to discern Gods will for his life and the people in his care.
I wish I could say more than "it's beautiful" but that about sums it up.
The "Whisky Priest" wanders through the Mexican country side trying to secretly minister to his flock while carrying the burden if his own sins. He is far from perfect but honestly and humbly struggles to discern Gods will for his life and the people in his care.
I wish I could say more than "it's beautiful" but that about sums it up.
Violent, raw, and full of suffering and strained faith this is a redemption story more about the sinners than saints of Catholicism.
This novel was my first Graham Greene - and it was so good I'm sure to join the Greene movement now!
This novel was my first Graham Greene - and it was so good I'm sure to join the Greene movement now!