frootjoos's reviews
1039 reviews

I'd read this book again. Chilling, intense, couldn't put it down. A literary thriller.

Well written, thrilling tale, great for a mystery reader who wants something a little higher on the literary ladder...

I almost didn't want to like this book, but I got a cheap abridged audio version and got hooked right in, so much so that I have bought the print version and as soon as finals are over I'm diving right back in again to savor the prose...

If I could give this book another half-star I would... it's the intriguing biography of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a real French Jesuit priest and scientist who has no problem reconciling his love of God with the theory of evolution, although everyone else in the world seems to have a major problem with it--and seems bent on ruining his life, just because. At times sublime, at times utterly infuriating (especially if you're a dissenting Catholic who is baffled by arguments that global warming and evolution are just a bunch of fakery cooked up by this weird cult called Science).