A review by booksnpunks
The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé

2.0

It’s not going well for me lately is it. I enjoyed probably the first third of this but I found it got really repetitive and nothing interesting was happening. The main character, Pascal, I felt absolutely no emotion towards and I started to have no interest at all in what he did. I don’t mind books a lot of the time where nothing happens but there was also a lack of urgency, wittiness and atmosphere which usually makes up for that and this book just fell so flat and boring for me. I hope it doesn’t end up on the Booker shortlist as I’ve read a lot better on the longlist than this.