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A review by writeguy
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
2.0
In the past year I have been having the most annoying problem of coming up against books where the marketing materials sell one thing and then the book is completely something else. That was the case for me with A Children's Bible. Pitched as a contemporary Lord of the Flies where a group of kids use a children's bible as a road map while forming their new parent-free society leading to disastrous results.
Instead, we get Ok, Boomer the novel. (although the parents here are presented as much younger than boomers). I found the whole effort a bit of a mishmash of thoughts that never gain enough traction in a solid direction. What was the point of the whole thing? The jacket copy says we find out what lies beyond Revelations, but I didn't come away from the book feeling any clarity on the subject. There is a rapture in the book, a flood, a possible crucifixion (although I did not find the character this happens to in any way a stand in for Christ), a burning bush....was the whole thing an allegory? Maybe I lost the plot amongst all of the whining. The kid's (older teens, really) near constant whining about their parents giving them too much or not enough was extra grating. Do kids whose parents spend almost no time thinking about them constantly spend their time thinking and talking about their parents? I don't have the answers.
I am certain some folks will find great meaning and depths of knowledge hidden between A Children's Bible's wonderful cover art, I however felt it fell flat and would not recommend.
Instead, we get Ok, Boomer the novel. (although the parents here are presented as much younger than boomers). I found the whole effort a bit of a mishmash of thoughts that never gain enough traction in a solid direction. What was the point of the whole thing? The jacket copy says we find out what lies beyond Revelations, but I didn't come away from the book feeling any clarity on the subject. There is a rapture in the book, a flood, a possible crucifixion (although I did not find the character this happens to in any way a stand in for Christ), a burning bush....was the whole thing an allegory? Maybe I lost the plot amongst all of the whining. The kid's (older teens, really) near constant whining about their parents giving them too much or not enough was extra grating. Do kids whose parents spend almost no time thinking about them constantly spend their time thinking and talking about their parents? I don't have the answers.
I am certain some folks will find great meaning and depths of knowledge hidden between A Children's Bible's wonderful cover art, I however felt it fell flat and would not recommend.