The Habitation of the Blessed (Prester John, #1)
ISBN:
9781441870230 (1441870237)
Publish date: November 1st 2010
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
I absolutely loved Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, which is a children's book filled with the madcap ideas crammed into every sentence. The Habitation of the Blessed is an adult fantasy novel filled with the madcap ideas crammed into every sen...
I'm not sure what to say right now, except this was a very good book. I'd recommend being open minded about religion if you read it.Reviewed for Bitten by Books.com: http://bittenbybooks.com.
by Catherynne M . ValenteThough there are several important excerpts at the beginning of the book, I decided to use the opening line from the first chunk of narrative: "I am a very bad historian. But I am a very good miserable old man."I've been a fan of Valente's short fiction for a year or two now...
I honestly have trouble writing actual reviews for five-star books. Perhaps when I had time to digest this...