A review by chriswoody94
Godric by Frederick Buechner

5.0

This one I borrowed from a friend who highly recommended it, and I can see why. This is not even kind of your run of the mill Christian fiction, as it reveals a much more realistic and darker picture of a revered and sacred character in the history of Christianity. I didn't really go into this book knowing a lot (or really anything) about Godric and his story, but now that I have read this, I feel as though, even if it is more fictional than real, I would be in good company with this saint, as he seems more human than you would expect. This offers an excellent perspective to people who feel "unworthy" or "too much of a screw-up" by showing that even the revered and venerated were human beings proved to err, even once they were venerated. It helps to show that being a Christian is about the struggle that comes at you every day, and the mistakes and missteps that come with that, not overnight becoming the perfect person. This is definitely not the kind of hagiography one would expect, but it is something that I believe a lot of followers could greatly benefit from.