Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Book Review: Vigil

Here’s my review of Vigil by George Saunders. Leave a comment if you’ve read it, plan to read it, or have any book recs to share. Then scroll to the bottom to see today’s writing prompt.

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K. E. Creighton
Feb 21, 2026
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Vigil by George Saunders is a novel that will allow you to feel comfortable with feeling uncomfortable as it explores sincere questions about life, death, justice, and redemption, in a highly entertaining and sometimes humorous way. It would be an ideal selection for book clubs who enjoy discussing ambiguous premises like the one it seems to posit: comf…

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