Answer as a Man: A Novel

I love Taylor Caldwell’s books and this held my attention until the end, but it didn’t have a unifying theme. Jason has a couple of spiritual experiences. Nice, but where do they lead? I spent half the book thinking that the “man” would be Sebastian. Nope. There is a hotsy-totsy love scene between Jason and his true love, but it takes the convenient quick deaths of inconvenient spouses to lead to what I assume is Jason marrying his true love, in the last few pages. Maybe Caldwell heard Death’s winged chariot hurrying near and slapped a quickie ending on the novel. It’s a shame, but this hasn’t the punch of A Prologue to Love or The Turnbulls.Still, it moved right along and I did enjoy it.

This is one of my all time favorite book, by the world's greatest author.

Taylor Caldwell was a masterful story teller. Her characters are so vivid, it’s hard to part with them at the end of the book. Her prose is almost poetic. The combination of the history of the Irish treatment in America in the early 20th century and the state of politics was something I was aware of but I loved the research she did that provided her insight and details. The Catholic Church played such an important part of Irish life, either their embracing or rejecting it. Belief in God was a recurrent theme.

I read my first Caldwell novel at age 18. I always had a dictionary near me because Ms Caldwell had such an amazing vocabulary. I was an avid reader in my late teens. I then rediscovered her at age 63. Her novels remain even more relevant to today's political climate than when originally written, and when I first read her in the 1970`s I love her gift of character and story development. Always great writing,what I cherish most in books.

Taylor Caldwell, not her best but still loved it. Read most of her books when I was in my twenties (40 some years ago).

I read almost all of Taylor Caldwell’s books years ago. You could say I was obsessed! I remembered this book as being a particular favorite, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it again. I’m always challenged to learn new words from her books, so I find myself checking the meaning of words periodically. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction.

Enjoyable tale of intertwined families at end of 19th and early 20th centuries. Particularly liked references to historical events, like start of income tax and involvement of U.S. in War to End All Wars. Characters comments on these events were fun to read.

This may be my first Taylor Caldwell novel, I honestly don't remember. I know she was well known and respected during her time. I finished this book in a week, but its only been a week or so since I read it, and I can't actually tell you what it is about. I kept reading on, hoping for more. Maybe I will need to try another Caldwell book to compare, or perhaps just go on to more contemporary writers.

Can't handle Taylor Caldwell's writing style - didn't finish the book. Forgettable to be sure.