A review by angelayoung
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm biased, I love everything Sebastian Barry writes, in degrees of course, some books better than other (The Secret Scripture is an absolute fave) but his writing is always lyrical, lucid, poetic, rhythmic and soooo descriptive. So it doesn't matter if, sometimes, I can't quite work out why what happened happened. Old God's Time has been longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. I hope it's shortlisted ... and perhaps even wins.