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jeelkins 's review for:
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
I don’t normally write reviews but this book warranted one. This is my first experience with the write, Lydia Millet. And after reading this novel, I feel like we should be friends. Millet so wonderfully and dryly captures the disdain of teenagers directed towards their parents while working in the real world issues that we lazily sweep to the side every day. This novel is dystopian/end of the world but without the schmaltz just like it would/will likely play out. In the time of Covid, we find lots of drama on our phones but most of us are still living day to day without our lives being a scene out of Contagion. I absolutely love Millet’s creative use of the Bible/God as almost a modern legend and at the same time a book not loved quite as much as Frog and Toad by a 9 year old. The main character is direct and to the point, and I love her sincerity without being a bleeding heart. The writing is wonderfully succinct, honest and sprinkled with dry, one-liners that capture teen attitude and help you relish those days you swore you knew everything. The tragic truth woven through the eyes of “eerily mature” children is right on the money. And I loved every page.