#2026GreatCanadianReadingChallenge
by 
Robertson Davies
Finish date: 09.01.2026
Genre: novel “The Rebel Angels”
Rating: F
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#2026GreatCanadianReadingChallenge – Goal 12 books
Good News: I finished it.
Bad News: Do you know how bad a book has to be to feel more entertainment reading my weekly grocery shopping list?
Personal: Oceanic (and sometimes tedious) self-contemplation (examining or reflecting on one’s own thoughts, feelings, desires, behaviors, and values) of 4 university academics and 1 brilliant female student. They all are in love with her in their own special way.
I cannot tell you how many times I fell asleep reading this book. If If you want to read good literature which fuses Medieval mysticism and the intelligentsia, read Umberto Eco…not this gibberish.
Conclusion: NOT going to read any more books of The Cornish Trilogy.
My opinion of Robertson Davies? Well, I’ll have quote Hamlet:
“He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.”
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NancyElin.blog 
I see you posted a good number of times since you had disappeared. I was so worried about you. I haven’t had time to come back and comment until today.
Good to know about this author, I had always wondered if I should try him. Now I know.
Have a great 2026 reading year!
Thanks so much for your concern…really nice that you appreciate my reviews and my time in the blog-o-sphere!
Sorry this one wasn’t for you. Hopefully your next read will be a better fit.
You win some…you lose some.
I didn’t see the charm of The Rebel Angels either–I don’t know, people like it, but I sure didn’t.
I agree. The book was such a disappointment!