Peace Like a River

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This was a book club read, and although I wouldn't have chosen it I didn't hate it. I liked that it reminded me of all the miracles that happen all around us, we just have to take notice of them. I even liked that though the father could heal his enemies and walk on air and even greater miracles, he could not make his son, Davy, think like he did. That the ability of choice is so sacred not even the most holy among us can bend our will to theirs. I did not like that the father found his spirituality and then promptly stopped going to college to become a doctor and instead became a janitor--why do "good" people feel like they must be poor? Wouldn't he have been more useful as a dr.? I didn't like that the father's headaches were never addressed. Did the miracles have a physical effect or was it just to show that he wouldn't/couldn't use the power on himself? And I didn't like the way it ended, that Davy went from being a great older brother to a fugitive that wouldn't turn himself in, that the climax fell flat, and that Rueben ended up marrying his "sister". Sorry, but that was wierd.



View all my reviews