The Sparrow

Intense, compelling, a cleverly-constructed gut-punch of a book that will leave you thinking about it for days afterward. I'm debating between four and five stars because while everything about the book is five-star, the feelings I experienced while reading it, and afterward, were mostly things like sadness and hopelessness. And I do think that was also the point, and the ambiguity around the ending was the point, but: oof. (Maybe this says more about my own faith than the book, which leaves a lot of room for interpretation.)