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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
Simply beautiful. I read this as a kinder gentler alternative to demon copperhead. I don’t know if it will help me in a discussion of the latter, which has been described to me in such a way that I will avoid another reading journey into the opioid crisis. This is a new favorite.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great book. I actually listened to this on CD in the car while driving to MD and Kingsolver was the reader. It is a story that interweaves the lives of a few different women and you don't know exactly how they are all related until the end.....it's amazing the way she does it. It is partly a story about nature, partly a story about human life, about love, about children, death, mourning, there's even a little bit of sex!...it's a great novel.
I learned so much from this book and Barbara Kingsolver is such a beautiful writer. The ending was my favorite part!
Not for everyone but I LOVE ecology and forests. So much focus on the environment in this book it was lovely.
Barbara Kingsolver never disappoints. My only complaint is that she doesn't write a book every month.
I first read this book twenty summers ago after my divorce. It sustained me then through a very difficult week. I wondered if it would hold up after all these years to the legend it had become in my mind. So many books do not. I loved this one again this time around, although some of the romantic/sexual interests subplots annoyed me this time. Hinting or implying is always better than describing in that area for my taste. Besides that, I loved this one again and hope to read it and love it again in another twenty years.