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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Moving, sad but heartwarming, it worms its way right inside you.
Occasionally you read a book that changes the way you see the world and that you know will stay with you. This is one of those times. Extraordinary, evocative and so beautifully written. Everyone should read this book.
Wow, thank heavens I had the summer off to plow through this one. I loved the characters and their different narration styles. The details of their experiences in the Congo were vivid and heart-wrenching. I found it so interesting how Kingsolver incorporated religion with history with politics and yet still kept the characters dynamic and real. I appreciated the theme of social justice at the international level. Some parts were very long and after the sisters split up and led different lives, it became less interesting and I found myself just trying to get through it.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Gave up halfway, library borrowing period expired, didn't care enough about the story to try again.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book. It has been hard to read anything else after it because nothing else seems to ever be close to how good this book was!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful prose. Beautiful imagery. Beautiful plot development. It's funny, it's sad, it's intelligent. Love it.
A fantastically written book. Shockingly raw and believable, this book manages to be so many more things than I expected it to be. As it goes on it opens into more and more layers fleshing out the characters and the complexities of our world. 100% recommend.
Wasn’t for me. The audible version of this is read by the author who sounds like she is bored of her own book. Probably would have enjoyed actually reading it more.
challenging
informative
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:
Complicated