Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

I decided to read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson because it was on a reading list for the magnet high school I'm hoping my child can attend in a few years.  I hope they take it off the list before he gets there.  It was incredibly boring.  One synopsis of the book mentions the "unbearable beauty of an ordinary life."  That's exactly what this book is.  It's told from a father's point of view as he writes letters to his son because he is old and dying.  I got so bored my mind wandered MANY times.  I'm not even sure I could give you a good enough account of the book if I wanted to.  However, there is a twist at the end (I think, as I said my mind wandered) that made me wish I had paid more attention to certain parts of the story.  However, I didn't care enough to go back and decipher if what I thought it was saying was accurate.  So, if your touched by mundane, daily life stories with characters that you don't grow to feel anything for all told from one perspective, then go for it.  Read this book.  I think the ending was trying to be profound, but if your mind wanders too often, you'll miss it.  I give this book 1 out of 5 stars.