A review by clmckinney
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This is the story of Hugh O'Flaherty who was a priest at the Vatican during WW2. We see as a group of people assist with the resistance and help the persecuted. I really loved O'Connor's previous novel Shadowplay. I think his writing is pretty good. I read this book because of the author and because it is on the Walter Scott Prize list. But sadly, I didn't care for the subject matter. I am not a fan of WW2 books as I have read too many of them. So although the writing and the action of the novel were good, I found the book a bit of a slog to get through. I give this a 3.7/5.