The Book of Longings by Sue Monk KiddMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
It is a story worth telling: an exploratory fiction about Jesus having a wife named Ana, who later becomes an absentee spouse during his years of prophesying (because she was off having adventures of her own). Add to that the fact that she is the sister of Judas!
This novel had so much potential, but sadly (at least for this reader) the execution was exceedingly wanting. Ana as a character was difficult to appreciate, she seemed incredibly selfish and even cruel at times, willing to sacrifice everything and everyone in her desire to "feed the largeness in her." (More like, feed the ego.)
I do appreciate the incredible amount of research that went into this book. It also features the Gnostic poem called THE THUNDER: PERFECT MIND... which I hadn't heard of before reading this book. The poem was one of the Nag Hammadi texts discovered buried in Egypt. Reading the actual poem is absolutely fascinating... one might say it is the earliest feminist text!
Verdict? Borrow, don't purchase. And if you are overcome with curiosity, a soft copy would suffice on your Kindle.
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