A review by rarus
Lilith by George MacDonald

challenging slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I'm frankly amazed I got through this audiobook.  Why on earth they chose a female narrator, I will never understand.  It made it more painful than it needed to be, and it was already quite painful.

I don't think I will ever be late-Victorian enough, or understand Scottish Presbyterianism enough, to enjoy this book.  It was the most a-Christological vaguely-Christian thing I've ever encountered.  For that, it was remarkable, I suppose.  But the dragging on and on and on of the plot, through not only the same topics but the same character-types and scenes over and over, was devastating to the psyche.

Shoulda just stuck with that one little quote I learned from the C.S. Lewis George MacDonald anthology as a teenager.  I'll never learn.