A review by an_enthusiastic_reader
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet

3.0

This novel ended up being a 3-star read for me. Where I've was completely taken with Millet's trilogy (How the Dead Dream; Ghost Lights; and Magnificence), Sweet Lamb of Heaven seems more metaphorical of our own precarious, teetering existence and less a novel about "real" characters, or predicaments that could, at least, be real. I do appreciate how much thought Millet puts into the themes and morality of her work; I can't get away without thinking a lot about what's she's fortelling. But. One of the pitfalls of refusing to know much (if anything) about a book is that sometimes I don't know I'm not in the mood for its subject matter until I get to it. It might be time to crawl into a fetal position and read some Bronte.