Gilead (Oprah's Book Club) Book Reviews

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Highly recommend. I have been an avid reader for 50 years. Never have I finished a book, and immediately started over again until this book. The writing is so beautiful, so poetically simple, so lusciously written, I found myself sharing passages with my friends (another first for me). It is a beautiful, subtly written story of a truly self-examined life. I am an agnostic, so the fact that I could relate to and admire the main character in this book is another testament to this author's great talent.

Gilead a place a way of viewing life. This book is very moving on so many levels. It deals with religion ,relationships ,family and life. Told through the eyes of Reverend Ames it’s a family history but much more. It offers insights into belief and meaningfulness of life and even death. It’s exceptionally well written and certainly deserved the prize.

Interesting. Very cool!

Gilead. A wonderful read…I felt like I was there!

Great novel, so-so narrator. Overall I really enjoyed reading this. Never read a piece of literature quite like it — a unique narrative flow in the form of a letter to the narrator’s son, with a plot that was partly linear, partly flashback, and partly something else altogether. Lots of great aphorisms throughout. However, the narrator frustrated me greatly by the end, as I found him to be rather unlikeable, and I’m not sure that I was supposed to! His views on Jack and the way he treated him upset me quite a bit. Definitely curious to read more in this series and experience other perspectives.

Profound. Sometimes we have all felt alone in this world and a certain person shows up as an Angel of God to guide you. This book and its Author were that friend to me in that time. Those last 2 sentences I just wrote make reading this book to simple. Simple it is anything but. Profound to me in so many ways.... To the Author 'mutatis mutandis' thank you for my saving Grace in my spirit, heart, and mind. Your book was scripture in my essence and my God as he is known to me and a reminder of grace and thought. Thank you Marilynne Robinson

Deep, spectacular, fulfilling. What an achievement - to take the voice of an aged preacher - to share the message of redemption about his namesake with his young son.

Gilead. Amazing!

Slow. Couldn’t ever get into it. Ended up not finishing.

Almost truly great. At first I couldn’t put this book down. About halfway through, it started to get long, but it didn’t disappoint. Several times it started to lose my interest, but then it always brought me back. If a few of the storylines had been shortened a bit, this would be a strong 5-star review.

Still teary-eyed. Finished in less than a day; what a glorious book! I want everyone I know to read this!

Hmmmm. Lot of detail in this book, a lot. Admittedly, I couldn’t stick it very well and skipped many pages along the way. Was a bit meandering at times and abut aimless.

Gilead. Stunningly true. A tour de force of entry into the heart of an early 20th Century Congressional preacher. Thank you, thank you; I am grateful.

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