A review by saucy_bookdragon
The Baronet's Song by George MacDonald
3.0
So I'm gonna keep this short because I don't have that many thoughts on this, here's the things I do want to say:
-it is very well written, I feel like often classics seem very pretentious and wordy but I feel like this was the right balance of intelligent writing and easy to read and understand.
-it's short!! A short classic!!! If only the font weren't so tiny . . .
-I do wish the font was bigger because that +having less than a week to read this (well TECHNICALLY I had two months but I procrastinated, why am I like this????) I found myself skimming unintentionally way to much, I think that's why I don't have much to say because I don't feel like I entirely understood the story.
-I get what MacDonald was trying to do with Gibbie and trying to make him a Christ-like figure (this is technically Christian literature which despite me being Christian myself I don't often read because reasons I'm about to explain) but honestly is ANYONE inspired by characters who have no internal problems? Gibbie is good inside and out, which I have nothing against good characters, but he never has ANY temptation??? Really?? There is literally not one flaw about him. This is why I don't often read Christian fiction because it can be preachy in a way that doesn't help. Even Jesus was tempted, several times, by Satan himself. So this is telling me that Gibbie, a little kid in an extremely rough situation, never even considers sinning???? Honestly isn't it more inspiring if a character has flaws like a normal human being yet ends up victorious anyway? Did I miss his flaws somewhere?*
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-it is very well written, I feel like often classics seem very pretentious and wordy but I feel like this was the right balance of intelligent writing and easy to read and understand.
-it's short!! A short classic!!! If only the font weren't so tiny . . .
-I do wish the font was bigger because that +having less than a week to read this (well TECHNICALLY I had two months but I procrastinated, why am I like this????) I found myself skimming unintentionally way to much, I think that's why I don't have much to say because I don't feel like I entirely understood the story.
-I get what MacDonald was trying to do with Gibbie and trying to make him a Christ-like figure (this is technically Christian literature which despite me being Christian myself I don't often read because reasons I'm about to explain) but honestly is ANYONE inspired by characters who have no internal problems? Gibbie is good inside and out, which I have nothing against good characters, but he never has ANY temptation??? Really?? There is literally not one flaw about him. This is why I don't often read Christian fiction because it can be preachy in a way that doesn't help. Even Jesus was tempted, several times, by Satan himself. So this is telling me that Gibbie, a little kid in an extremely rough situation, never even considers sinning???? Honestly isn't it more inspiring if a character has flaws like a normal human being yet ends up victorious anyway? Did I miss his flaws somewhere?*
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