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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is about a monk who, upon witnessing the collapse of a bridge in Peru, sets about investigating the lives of the people who died. The goal of such an investigation is to determine whether it was chance or divine intervention (i.e. the hand of God). I could have told him straight away and saved him the time but that’s besides the point I would suspect.

I tried to like this book. I tried to get past the first 30 pages. I just couldn’t do it. It bored me to tears. I just didn’t care. It was too confusing - there were too many names that were too similar. After reading for 20 pages about a mother and a daughter I still couldn’t figure out which was the mother and which was the daughter.

After 30 pages I looked at my bookshelf and saw what I still had unread and decided that life is too short.

Avoid.

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