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ksopko8823 's review for:
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
While I could tell this book was marvelously written, with lots of complexity, in both the characters and the plot. Tons of truths about humanity and ethics. Layers of meaning. It just wasn’t for me.
A group of Jesuits, in the grand missionary tradition of Jesuits, are off on a space mission. They land on a planet and become entrenched in the local caste system of beings, causing all sorts of issues with their words and actions. Only one man returns to earth, and his interrogations by the local authorities tell the second half of the tale.
I have never loved alien stories, and my own bias prevented me from appreciating this one. If that’s your thing, though, go ahead and check it out.
A group of Jesuits, in the grand missionary tradition of Jesuits, are off on a space mission. They land on a planet and become entrenched in the local caste system of beings, causing all sorts of issues with their words and actions. Only one man returns to earth, and his interrogations by the local authorities tell the second half of the tale.
I have never loved alien stories, and my own bias prevented me from appreciating this one. If that’s your thing, though, go ahead and check it out.