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What a fantastic book. I can't believe I put off reading it until now, but I always have trouble finishing books with written accents. The audiobook is a perfect solution to this (complete with singing the various hymns!).
It is a biting cause of self reflection that so many attitudes and hypocrisies in the American church at that time are still true today. Humans are hypocrites now and forever, I suppose. With regards to this, Augustine St. Claire is my hands down favorite character in the book, ...more
It is a biting cause of self reflection that so many attitudes and hypocrisies in the American church at that time are still true today. Humans are hypocrites now and forever, I suppose. With regards to this, Augustine St. Claire is my hands down favorite character in the book, ...more
So, I can see why this book has great historical significance, but man, is it a slog. I listened to the audiobook at twice the speed because otherwise there was no way I was going to make it through all that preaching. Normally I listen at 1.25 or maybe 1.5x. I was relatively interested in the basic plot lines, but there was just so much speechifying and so much God. Too much God. I did learn a decent amount about slavery in America and I understand where Uncle Tom and Sambo characters come from
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