1.76k reviews for:

Prodigal Summer

Barbara Kingsolver

4.06 AVERAGE

sparkythesnail's review

2.0

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Engaging in parts - the older characters are beautifully drawn and have great story arcs - but the younger ones feel very 2-dimensional, predictable, dull. Persevered because I’ve loved other Kingsolver books and assumed, hoped I’d be in for a treat finish. I was wrong. The two older characters in a short story would have been perfect, the rest was meh.

onka1972's review

hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wqmoffatt's review

3.5

emotional hopeful informative 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

emilyxkelley's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

kathy_meg's review against another edition

4.0

relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

annajomorelia's review

2.5

informative sad slow-paced

notesonbookmarks's review

5.0

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Absolutely loved this braided storyline and the way that Kingsolver writes. I could have easily read 200 more pages of these people just living in the world.

mbraley22's review

3.5

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gracembuckner's review

4.25

informative reflective slow-paced

samchang432's review

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes