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A review by iscalynch
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
5.0
be rootin', be tootin', and by God, be shootin', but most of all... be a plain terror in the prayer department
funny... shakespeare has been real quiet ever since james mcbride wrote, ""There is an eternity behind and an eternity before, Onion. [...] I won't live to see the change God wants. But I hope you do. [...] Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it in full. God is no respecter of persons. I loves you, Onion."" beneath the irreverent tone and unreliable narrator who decides to cause problems on purpose, what a ride... and what insights on identity, history and agency to meditate on... cracked though he may have been, I have to admire that peace was never an option for mcbride's portrait of osawatomie john brown, only justice
and by the way, how dare the world not revolve around ethan hawke's performance as john brown?? where are all the awards for joshua caleb johnson as onion??
funny... shakespeare has been real quiet ever since james mcbride wrote, ""There is an eternity behind and an eternity before, Onion. [...] I won't live to see the change God wants. But I hope you do. [...] Whatever you is, Onion," he said, "be it in full. God is no respecter of persons. I loves you, Onion."" beneath the irreverent tone and unreliable narrator who decides to cause problems on purpose, what a ride... and what insights on identity, history and agency to meditate on... cracked though he may have been, I have to admire that peace was never an option for mcbride's portrait of osawatomie john brown, only justice
and by the way, how dare the world not revolve around ethan hawke's performance as john brown?? where are all the awards for joshua caleb johnson as onion??