Cortney's review
Gilead: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson
Cortney's review
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Cortney's review
rating:
I just finished this book, I read it because someone way back when told me it was good and way back when every time I tried to get it at the library it was gone. So when I saw it on the shelf during my most recent stop at Farmingdale Public Library I picked it up and thought, well...why not.
The basic idea of the book is this old preacher married this young woman late in life and they have a son. Then the preacher is told he is going to die and starts writing a letter to his son trying to tell him all the things he wants him to know about that he will not have time to tell him. And the whole book is the letter.
As I was reading some parts felt exactly like an old man rambling on, which I guess could be the point but some of it didn’t feel like it was moving anything along. I don't care that the cat is yet again watching the son play in the yard. But other times I felt like the preacher had such wonderful insight into what is important. But I think the parts that I enjoyed th...more
The basic idea of the book is this old preacher married this young woman late in life and they have a son. Then the preacher is told he is going to die and starts writing a letter to his son trying to tell him all the things he wants him to know about that he will not have time to tell him. And the whole book is the letter.
As I was reading some parts felt exactly like an old man rambling on, which I guess could be the point but some of it didn’t feel like it was moving anything along. I don't care that the cat is yet again watching the son play in the yard. But other times I felt like the preacher had such wonderful insight into what is important. But I think the parts that I enjoyed th...more
