Helpful Score: 2
This is a wonderful story, one I found myself wondering about until I could get back to it. Simply beautiful!
Claudia
Claudia
Helpful Score: 2
Sometimes bizarre and just plain gross but always interesting. A fascinating mixture of fairytale, folklore, religion and animal husbandry.
Helpful Score: 1
Strange. Flowed nicely, easy to read, just odd. Not what I expected the storyline to be. Alright, but won't read it again.
Helpful Score: 1
The narrative unfolds in a dreamy, hypnotic mood that captures well the timeless quality of the nuns' existence until the arrival of a priest who threatens to bring an end to the life of their community. Creates a highly vivid contrast between the sleepy peace of their agrarian existence versus the purposefulness and often harsh swiftness of modern society. Poses interesting questions about the divergent ways spirituality develops under such different conditions.
I would echo the previous review. It is a book with a unique story to tell.
This was a strangely good book. The conclusion was a bit contrived, but getting there was amusing in a disturbing sort of way.
"Lambs of God" is the most peculiar book I've ever read. If one persists past the first 30 pages it becomes captivating, with the emphasis on captive. The vivid descriptions of the weird women's atavistic lifestyle comprised of decades of outdated church dogma, apocryphal legends of saints, Greek myths, regional folklore and the jumbled echos of each one's childhood traumas are how the author pulls the reader more strongly into the mix just as their hapless visitor becomes enmeshed.
The writing is outstanding and skillful. I found the women characters to be confusing, often disgusting, and very unsanitary. Most of the time they're near witless or at best half-witted, with the exception of the eldest who makes some important discoveries, then plots how to protect their "abandoned" monastery home even if it necessitates breaking some of their repititious rituals and other customary traditions.
The writing is outstanding and skillful. I found the women characters to be confusing, often disgusting, and very unsanitary. Most of the time they're near witless or at best half-witted, with the exception of the eldest who makes some important discoveries, then plots how to protect their "abandoned" monastery home even if it necessitates breaking some of their repititious rituals and other customary traditions.
This is a gently used HC with a remainder mark on page tops.
