A review by laedyred
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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? No

4.0

There's so much to like about this book, it's clear why it won the Booker Prize in 2023. Unfortunately even for a piece of literary fiction, the first 100 pages or so are frustratingly slow. Even looking back having finished the book, there are some passages that I felt did not add to the overall message. That being said: once things got going, it had me. 

We see a lot of war in literary and historical fiction; I appreciate that this books tackles it differently to many works I've read before.