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challenging
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
not the coming-of-age story I was expecting it to be. it took a huge turn after john's hunting standpoint. gabriel (the father)'s life's a drag. john (the son)'s part, which was mostly only on the first 1/3 of the book, was frustrating yet gripping. that's the only thing that made me look forward to how it's gonna turn out at the end. the whole point of the story is a bit... out of shape..?
excerpt:
p. 20 "And this is why, though he had been born in the faith and had been surrounded all his life by the saints and by their prayers and their rejoicing, and though the tabernacle in which they worshipped was more completely real to him than the several precarious homes in which he and his family had lived, John's heart was hardened against the Lord. His father was God's minister, the ambassador of the King of Heaven, and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father."
excerpt:
p. 20 "And this is why, though he had been born in the faith and had been surrounded all his life by the saints and by their prayers and their rejoicing, and though the tabernacle in which they worshipped was more completely real to him than the several precarious homes in which he and his family had lived, John's heart was hardened against the Lord. His father was God's minister, the ambassador of the King of Heaven, and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry