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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This is not a plot-driven book with catchy dialogue or anything. It's a quiet, simple book about a quiet, simple life that leaves a quiet, simple feeling in your soul. It is beautifully written. I've read it many times and plan to read it many more.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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1 of 1 members found this review helpful
“This is not a plot-driven book with catchy dialogue or anything. It's a quiet, simple book about a quiet, simple life that leaves a quiet, simple feeling in your soul. It is beautifully written. I've read it many times and plan to read it many more.”
Alison H wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A story of a gentle man, raised in an orphanage, who finally returns to the home he dreamed about. He is a simple man who becomes the town barber. You'll meet his friends and fall in love with them as you do Jayber. A prefect book for reading on a winter evening. ”
Jill M wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Very Good!”
Phyllis P wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Life story of a young man who abandons his plans to become a minister & becomes the Port William barber instead
Marilyn C wrote this review Monday, September 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“I am in love with Jayber and Wendell Berry”
carol "Beth" B wrote this review Wednesday, August 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good book.”
boydwick wrote this review Sunday, April 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Own this book”
Jean K wrote this review Thursday, February 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I love everything I have read by Wendell Berry. Novels, essays, poetry, all of it. Challenging assumptions, mind expanding, yet writing of the basics of life. Relationships, stewardship, visions of the past, personal responsibility, hope for the future in spite of circumstance. ”
Don C wrote this review Saturday, January 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Overall pretty good book. Great message of love. The book started off great and then was very slow in the middle, finally picked up at the end. The main character tends to go off on tangents of thought often and then you lose the story line. Great writing style, I know I would appreciate it more if I were retired and felt I could spend more time enjoying the writing style.”
Jane T wrote this review Thursday, September 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“This book is the first I've read by Wendell Berry - I picked it up from a list of former Summer Reading books for incoming freshmen at Sewanee. It's beautiful! For anyone who lives in the South, especially the rural South, this book lays out an old order of human love - love of land, and love of community. Berry's worldview is profoundly humane, spiritually rich, but never pious or pontificating. I recognize my small town in the one he's imagined, and I am glad for the insight.”
mustaphasaurus wrote this review Sunday, August 31 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
