"I love her."
"Then you do not love the Lord."
"Yes, I love both of them."
"You cannot."
"I do, I do, let me go."

Rating: 3.5 stars maybe?

This was a tough read, both the topic and the execution. I loved the introduction written by the author 27 years after originally writing the book - I was surprised to learn that this wasn't a memoir, but a novel that is loosely based on the life of the author. Oh, and it has random fairytale and legend segments sometimes, because why not. That was weird.

I knew from the blurb that this book would portray the main character's religious upbringing and childhood, but I sort of figured that the childhood and university parts would be equal, which wasn't true. This whole novel takes place at home, Jeanette only moves away towards the end, and even then most of the scenes are about her visiting home.

I admit that the writing style really didn't work for me sometimes, it went on such tangents that I had no idea what was going on. Other times, I enjoyed the dialogue and the narration, but mostly I was confused.