I have been pretty absent on Goodreads recently, and this book is one of the main reasons why. As you can tell, I have gone from digesting stupid romance novels that I can read in about a day to reading Christian sort-of-not-really autobiographies that take weeks. Three cheers for college!

When I tell you this is a doozy, believe me! The first 9 chapters consist of St. Augustine apologizing for all the stupid stuff he did as a child, and then the last few are all filled with philosophical/theological/conceptual things that pretty much went over my head.

All that being said, I really loved reading this book. I felt like I got a lot out of Augustine's experience, and I loved the way that he described his mother, St. Monica.

Spoiler

When he described Monica's death I started sobbing in the law library like a complete fool.

Also, Augustine is a beautiful writer, and although I did fall asleep in the library while reading this, it was a lot more digestible than I was expecting. Some parts of it are definitely still relatable to this day.

Overall, I would recommend this one if you like reading books about Catholicism/Religion! 4/5 stars

This is so book-marked it's ridiculous. Even now that I've read the religious texts of the big three, I still prefer books about them rather than actually reading the sources. Augustine is just so quotable. I'm definitely going to put him in the wedding somehow. I highly recommend this book.

Boring!

Amazing book. St. Augustine's logic is so clear and concise. HIs conversion story is incredible.