Lent : A Novel of Many Returns (Paperback)

from jsburbidge

The problem with reviewing Lent is that the hinge of the plot occurs halfway through the novel, and would constitute a spoiler, so one has to talk around it. The first half of the novel is an outwardly fairly accurate historical narrative about Savonarola, from his viewpoint (tight third person)....

from fizzypops

This wouldn't be something I'd normally delve into, but a great NYT review tempted me in. It's absolutely fascinating; thought provoking and utterly compelling. Congratulations and thanks to Jo Walton for a first class read. Further enjoyed Jo's commentary at the end of the novel, and the resourc...

from Menshevixen

There's never been a Walton book I wasn't fully obsessed with, but I'm not sure how I feel about this one.

from quondame

Powerful, compelling, intermittently absorbing, this fantasy based on the last 6 years life of Savonarola, is a meditation on hell and salvation. I found myself impatient with that the first two sections, though everything in them is necessary to the final, shorter sections. The world [[Jo Walton...

from jsburbidge

The problem with reviewing Lent is that the hinge of the plot occurs halfway through the novel, and would constitute a spoiler, so one has to talk around it. The first half of the novel is an outwardly fairly accurate historical narrative about Savonarola, from his viewpoint (tight third person)....