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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An extraordinary read, really wonderful, and to finish was bittersweet. Kingsolver has a way of composing such human, beautiful, and varied characters that just pull me in so completely. I feel as though I just lived this Prodigal Summer even though my summer has just begun. In this work specifically, Barbara sheds light on the nuances of nature and perspectives of vast positions within. You can’t help but be touched in your soul.
(Minus one star for the prevalence of romantic/sensual relationships which just isn’t my favorite to read, nonetheless, Kingsolver writes it well and captures this piece that makes humanity)
(Minus one star for the prevalence of romantic/sensual relationships which just isn’t my favorite to read, nonetheless, Kingsolver writes it well and captures this piece that makes humanity)
Audiobook
I was a bit disappointed in this book and a bit mad at Barbara Kingsolver. I adore her books so much, but this one had so, so much gratuitous sex. I don't mind sex scenes in books when they add something to the story. In this case it felt like it was unnecessary and overdone.
Now that I got that out of my system, this was not one of my faves. Although the characters tie together in the end, it felt unresolved to me.
I was a bit disappointed in this book and a bit mad at Barbara Kingsolver. I adore her books so much, but this one had so, so much gratuitous sex. I don't mind sex scenes in books when they add something to the story. In this case it felt like it was unnecessary and overdone.
Now that I got that out of my system, this was not one of my faves. Although the characters tie together in the end, it felt unresolved to me.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from an author who clearly knows her biology.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I loved this book. Lush, expansive, generous, and beautifully written in a way that my brain had been craving. There was a sentence or turn of phrase on almost every other page that I had to stop and admire. Kingsolver's prose is just incredible: vivid, surprising, and indelible. This book drips with summer and has some of the most beautiful and atmospheric nature writing I've read in a long time. But it's more than the prose--the characters are wonderfully drawn too. I could have spent hundreds more pages with these people. Kingsolver makes an often-stereotyped region of the country come to life in all its complexity and by the end, I was deeply attached to these fictional creations in all their flawed glory.