The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

author: Mary Doria Russell

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.18

book published: 1996

rating: 4

read at: 2015/01/15

date added: 2015/01/15

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review:

'The Sparrow' has been recommended to me and when it came up as a book club pick, I was excited to finally read it. I wasn't disappointed at all.



In the near future, we finally find life on another planet. Divine providence or simple luck brings the right people together to take on this mission, including a Jesuit priest. Funded as a mission, the church makes a way for this to happen. The different personalities find ways to work together and I really liked the characters.



In the further future, events give us an idea what occurs during the first contact. The mistakes and hubris bear themselves out until a disturbing conclusion. The further future sections are interwoven in the book, so there is a pall of impending events hanging over the book.



I appreciated that the beliefs of the main characters weren't mocked or belittled. There is a true crisis of faith, and it's handled in a good way. Overall, I really enjoyed this novel.





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