rissaleighs 's review for:

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

3.0

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Why yes, it did take me over a year to finish this slender book! And all the time, it glowered at me from the nightstand and prevented me from reading other things. I know everyone lauds Chesterton for his wit and wisdom, but this was such a slog for me. Whatever valuable gleams of insight were there were buried under the obfuscating jargon of another era. It was also so fragmented and disjointed that I would be hard pressed to explain what the book ultimately said. Chesterton himself warned of that, though. Some clever quotes and cool ideas, but ultimately it just didn't make much of an impact on me.