Reviews - Les yeux dans les arbres

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Les yeux dans les arbres

Barbara Kingsolver

4.15 AVERAGE

erivs's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

claireemma23's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

The best thing I’ve read all year ❤️

grizzlyoneill's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional informative 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: Yes

sarahminty's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mmetzdorf's review against another edition

3.0

The story is good. It is smartly written. A good contemplation on postcolonial Africa and the death of religion. However, it just wasn't all that entertaining for me. The characters were somewhat flat to me, especially the Africans, and the Price children with the exception of Adah held no interest for me. That is not the fault of the writer but my own failings at engaging with the story. It felt just too long and I've found in both of the books I've read of Kingsolver's that they take so long to develop before I start to get interested. Never got all the way there with this one. Still, not a bad book, and not a waste of my time.

oshrouder's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic book, brilliantly weaving motif, narrative, and character - loved it

chloedillon98's review against another edition

5.0

One of my favorite books I’ve read this year! Kingsolver does such an amazing job bringing together biblical references, Congolese culture, colonialism, and identity within a family. I truly dived into each mindset feeling immersed in the changing narratives for each chapter changes perspective of sister. Kingsolver put so much into this book, it really is an epic!