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A review by elisetheninth
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet
3.0
Mixed feelings about this one. Lydia Millet's prose is incredibly absorbing, if a little too reliant on interiority (never thought I'd say that!), and there are certainly some interesting ideas in here, but in the end it didn't quite come together for me. The most interesting of those interesting ideas was the exploration of religion as a political tool in contemporary America, which Millet managed to personalize... at least when her narrative didn't wander off in an entirely different direction.
On the whole, I think there was too much of an attempt to explain something that would've been better left a mystery. The pacing also felt wildly off during the last couple of chapters. I'd try another book by this author, though, and that does say something about her readability.
On the whole, I think there was too much of an attempt to explain something that would've been better left a mystery. The pacing also felt wildly off during the last couple of chapters. I'd try another book by this author, though, and that does say something about her readability.