berylbp 's review for:

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
5.0

Wow. I literally could not put this down until I finished it. Parts of it were excruciatingly painful to read (do not read this if you have difficulty reading about abuse). Some of it was so creative, I can't even imagine how the author conceived of such things - but I often feel like that with sci-fi. Although this is sci-fi, most of the book occurs on earth and is during a familiar time-period. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.