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A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet was published by WW Norton, the largest independent US publisher and also a player in the recent controversy over reports of Blake Bailey's grooming and assault of multiple women.
I feel like this is the sort of book a person is supposed to have a lot to say about. It was a Pulitzer Prize finalist! It's a near-future apocalypse, with Biblical references and dysfunctional parent-child relationships!
I liked it fine. It made me realize how few Bible stories I remembered. I really liked Jack and Shel's theory. The nature descriptions were wonderful. The invasion of the kids' farm was tense and well-written, and I wanted to know more about the owner. The parents were pitiable. The kids were meant to be mature-beyond-their-years, and I think that came across for the most part, but Jack seemed younger than nine to me. It was a perfectly good book.
I feel like this is the sort of book a person is supposed to have a lot to say about. It was a Pulitzer Prize finalist! It's a near-future apocalypse, with Biblical references and dysfunctional parent-child relationships!
I liked it fine. It made me realize how few Bible stories I remembered. I really liked Jack and Shel's theory. The nature descriptions were wonderful. The invasion of the kids' farm was tense and well-written, and I wanted to know more about the owner. The parents were pitiable. The kids were meant to be mature-beyond-their-years, and I think that came across for the most part, but Jack seemed younger than nine to me. It was a perfectly good book.
