While I love Buechner's writing style, I found this novel very disturbing. SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE BOOK. My problem has to do with the end. The reaction to the death of Irma seems to suggest that she, and along with her, other Jewish victims of the Holocaust, are continuing Christ's work of sacrificing himself for the world, and particularly, for Gentiles. Am I the only one who sees this as extremely problematic? ( )