Jul. 29th, 2018

sophia_sol: photo of a 19th century ivory carving of a fat bird (Default)
Not quite sure what to say about this one. I did enjoy reading it, but its genre combination of being partly memoir and partly analysis of biblical translation choices meant that it felt weak on both counts instead of the two parts strengthening each other or balancing each other out. I can see what the author was going for with this and I understand, since the two things are intrinsically connected for her, but.... I dunno, it made it feel like a relatively shallow read for me, which was disappointing, especially since it's clear that this project meant a lot to the author and I really wanted to appreciate it more than I did.

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