Reviews

Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

ashleysweitz's review

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

adiasophia's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ris_stitches's review

5.0

Barbara never lets me down. I was surprised to find this to be a sequel to The Bean Trees which is one of my favorite books. Somehow the fact that there was a sequel escaped me for years. I was definitely not disappointed! A great story, well-written, and captivating - I couldn't put it down.

nationofkim's review

5.0

this book kept me company on a depressing flight from durango to baltimore when i was sure i was dying of homesickness. read the bean trees first....

aclaybaugh's review

1.0

The Bean Trees is one of my favorite books, so I was looking forward to its sequel living up to expectations. Unfortunately it did not in a variety of ways. While I enjoyed the eclectic cast of characters who surrounded Taylor and Turtle in the first book, this book had some new characters who were just plain strange and annoying. I thought I’d like Taylor’s storyline, but hers just went around in circles and her responses to things were just very out of character for her, seen from the very beginning where she allows Turtle to be featured on the Oprah show. I found myself skimming the last 1/3 of the book just to find out how it resolved. The ending was also just so coincidental as to make it unbelievable.

straussmouse's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emily_dub_loves_books's review

4.0

This was really fascinating to me because I grew up with a Navajo Indian foster brother. It has two sex scenes in it, but they're easy to ignore. Read "Bean Trees" first, then this one. Highly recommended!!!

milly_in_the_library's review

4.0

I enjoyed this story& it was a fitting one for my current travels as we have spent some time in 'reclaimed' Indian 'territory'.
I haven't actually read the prequel to this, but it didn't matter at all!!

mehitabels's review against another edition

2.0

"Alice knows she has to pick the apple. But in her heart, or deeper, in her pinched stomach, she knows it will hurt the tree."

"No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins."

"Young people never carry [handkerchiefs], she's noticed. They haven't yet learned that heartbreak can catch up to you on any given day."

lavoiture's review

5.0

Part 2 in Bean Trees, this book follows Turtle and Mom to the Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Powerful and, yes, thought-provoking, it makes you question what family means, and who can and should adopt children. Lovely.