Tag: Religion

  • 1Q84 by Hiroki Murakami

    This is simply too much. It’s repetitive and unrewarding. Maybe if it had been published as 3 separate volumes, it would have worked better, encouraging readers to let some time pass between sections. As a single serving it was like trying to eat a whole roast alone — it doesn’t matter how good it is,…

  • Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

    I like to read about the books I read, when I like them or feel like there is more to them than I’m picking up. This is one of those books. But it was published in 1998, which is a weird time for culture. There’s a gap in the 80s and 90s that a lot…