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A review by scottcd
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
At the center of the book is a discussion of the problem of evil. The book is set up as religious propaganda to answer resolve it.
The pacing was unbearably slow and the author often reported to just telling the reader that happened instead of showing us. I will say that there were times where the prose were poetic and clever, but the religious propaganda, the poorly thought out conclusions to the problem of evil, uninformed representations of atheism and agnosticism, and horrible pacing made this book one of the worst I've read.
Her world building was interesting, but it took 20 of 32 chapters to get to anything interesting.
The pacing was unbearably slow and the author often reported to just telling the reader that happened instead of showing us. I will say that there were times where the prose were poetic and clever, but the religious propaganda, the poorly thought out conclusions to the problem of evil, uninformed representations of atheism and agnosticism, and horrible pacing made this book one of the worst I've read.
Her world building was interesting, but it took 20 of 32 chapters to get to anything interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Child death