A review by sunfishe
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
im not gonna put a star rating for now because i am hugely conflicted about this book. what started as a book that was light-hearted and conversational ended in a confusing mess of violence. the last 13 questions of the book brought the whole thing to quite a head.
conceptually i love this book, but I am very conflicted about the character of the taxidermist -- which I think is exactly the authors point
i love the words about faith being like being in the sun, and Virgil having God days and Godless days.
conceptually i love this book, but I am very conflicted about the character of the taxidermist -- which I think is exactly the authors point
i love the words about faith being like being in the sun, and Virgil having God days and Godless days.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Torture