Ken read and liked Erik Simon's review of Roger's Version:

" I tire of atheists in fiction. I think atheism is valid and even necessary for ultimate true belief, but in fiction it makes for dull reading. There's nothing interesting about not believing. Far more interesting is someone who believes and w...more I tire of atheists in fiction. I think atheism is valid and even necessary for ultimate true belief, but in fiction it makes for dull reading. There's nothing interesting about not believing. Far more interesting is someone who believes and wrestles with his own sins and the world's dilemmas. This book does that, and Updike is no theological lightweight, which is why, theologically, it's a good read.
But it's also a good story. Sometimes he gets real bogged down in details and information. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the great critic Walter Benjamin said that we were becoming too overloaded with information, and that certainly occurs in Updike's books. But it's a forgiveable sin. His characters are always riveting because they're almost always dealing with genuine moral dilemmas. They, like us, make mistakes and have to live with them. And his sentences--an endless box of prose chocolates.
This guy's a real pro.(less) "