I have a very hard time deciding what I think of this book. The writing is absolutely gorgeous, and the atmosphere reminds me very much of "Remains of the Day", but my overall impression of it is that it was a bit dull. Charming to be sure, but I never felt that I got under the skin of the character...
Lee Siegel wrote a review (http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/books/revi...) in which she stated:"But unless you are a believing Christian with strong fundamentalist leanings, you cannot truly understand Gilead. Lacking such faith, you’re probably not going to like it much, either. That is, if you read R...
This is one of those books that's perfectly well-written, but didn't really speak to me. Some of my more literary-minded (and Christian) friends love it, to the point of using it as an example (possibly the only example?) of a contemporary work that stands up to the classics. As with many classics t...
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