Book Reviews of Gilead

I'm not religious at all, but this was very moving and enjoyable.

Such wonderful writing. A minsters in his 90's looks back to his abolitionist grandfather and as he writes for his young son and wife with a fictional memoir. Really made me think and appreciate the natural and spiritual world. Read it not for plot but for an enlightening experience.

A Pulitzer Prize winner

It was a great choice for my book club--lots to discuss

an unusuallu beautiful book. It is written as a letter from an elderly father to his young son....
Thoughtful, peaceful, graceful.

Extremely well written. Full of great insights. Very enjoyable.

From the back cover:
"Gileadis a refuge for readers longing for that increasingly rare work of fiction, one that explores big ideas while telling a good story...remarkable!

so powerful....fathers, sons...it reads like it's not fiction....

Pulitzer Prize winner, national bestseller, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
The story of an aging and dying father as a letter to his young son.

A very moving book. The author's style of writing is poetic. I loved reading this book and was sorry when it ended.

I am an appreciator of quality literature - and especially sensitive and subtle writing - and since this book has gotten rave reviews, I figured that I'd love it. However I started reading it three times and was so bored I finally gave up........

This is a beautifully written book.

This is a character study of an old man with a young son he will not live to see grow up.

very interesting book which consists of an old man writing a letter to his young son, telling him about his life.

Beautiful and wrought with wisdom. This book opens you to a world of unbridled honesty, caste fulfillment and the kind of love for oneself and one's life that few have the opportunity to savor. It leaves you better for having read it.

I'm one of the people who did not appreciate this slow-paced, beautifully written book. I had a hard time entering the world of Rev. John Ames, 76, who is writing a letter to his son in the 1950's. The book spans Gilead, Iowa in the 1820s to the 1950s. This book struck me as the musings of an old man, written in a disjointed style without chapters. The religious aspects of this book are breathtaking, and this book is definitely a work of art. However, if you enjoy a modern novel, not a journal of memories than this is probably not a book for you.

One of the few books that I have sincerely missed when it ended. I was tempted to start again from the beginning.

winner of the pulitzer prize

I couldn't get started on this book, so can't really tell you much!

A good story about a father and son relationship.

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