Wise Blood in Never too Late to Read Classics

Jun 21, 2018 Sara rated it did not like it

Shelves: kindle-purchase, abandoned

Just couldn't do this. I sometimes find it difficult to overcome things that are obviously repulsive but part of the time in which the book is written, but I can do that when there is something there that overreaches that. This book showed no promise that that was true. Again, drunkenness and prostitution are subjects I can countenance if they contribute to some greater meaning in the story...didn't see it.

I am bailing, after having several trusted friends tell me there wasn't going to be any im ...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Catherine rated it really liked it

Shelves: literature

I'm not sure what I think about Wise Blood. It is a story about a man trying to find himself, trying to figure out his religious beliefs. It is also a story that is kind of...weird. I found none of the characters to be likable and the story line itself to be a bit disjointed. The reading of this book is part of a group discussion of a Yale on-line course; I don't think I would have picked up the novel on my own. Listening to the two lectures is giving me new ways to look at the novel and helping ...more

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Jan 29, 2024 Alexander rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: philosophy-religion, literature

I genuinely have no idea how to rate this book, or even what to think about it. Parts were quite funny, parts were extremely dark. The religious themes are incredibly complex. I will ruminate and return at some point. It's extremely fast to read, almost a novella - and I read it in two days.
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