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A review by stephh
The Annals of the Parish by John Galt
1.0
This is quite far out of my 'normal' style/genre of reads, and I struggled through it. It's deemed a classic about Scottish life: I can see why it would be an important read, but it was a slow one.
The book describes life in a rural Scottish parish from the point of view of a reverend there over the period of 50 years. It explores the tragedies, joys and changing life in this small Scottish village.
There's really not too much that I can say about this book. It read like the diary of a man recording the most important parts of the life of the two over 50-odd years as he reflected over it at the end of his life. It was a very slow book that felt repetitive and used a lot of Scottish dialect. Again though, I can see why it's an important book.
The book describes life in a rural Scottish parish from the point of view of a reverend there over the period of 50 years. It explores the tragedies, joys and changing life in this small Scottish village.
There's really not too much that I can say about this book. It read like the diary of a man recording the most important parts of the life of the two over 50-odd years as he reflected over it at the end of his life. It was a very slow book that felt repetitive and used a lot of Scottish dialect. Again though, I can see why it's an important book.