Goodreads forces me to choose either read, currently reading or too read...there is no option for "tried to read and gave up." After reading City of God and (rereading) The Confessions by Augustine, I desired to dive into one of the other best-of-the-best theologians in church history. As a few others reviewers have noted, Aquinas is just plain hard to read, because of his immersion in Aristotle and Scholastic style (make a point, list reasons for and against, make a conclusion, then some addendums). That said, there were definitely points that were interesting and even inspiring (well duh some will say...should we not imagine that one of the greatest theologians ever wrote some "interesting" things?).

Aquinas is great; while reading this I picked up a book at the library that was a summary of his theology. It just needs to be read in small doses. I do wonder if this was the wrong selection to dive into Aquinas. As selected writings, we get excerpts from various points in his career. But I think this may have added to the tedium. Perhaps it would be better just to dive into the Summa Theologica? Of course, as I write that I cringe...maybe in 10 or 15 years I'll try that!

At any rate, this will be a good reference book to have and maybe I will pick it up and try to read a selection here and there.