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A review by savaging
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
3.0
At some moments I really enjoyed this. Like a romance novel but with interesting moths around.
But by the end I had rolled my eyes too many times and had to push my way through the final pages. Maybe it's because it feels like Kingsolver is moving plot points toward sentimental ends. Which is fine -- unless you do not share these sentiments. Kingsolver cracks open the door to other possibilities besides traditional patriarchy for her protagonists, but then by the end wraps all the women back up into tidy, safe familial obligations.
After all, she seems to be saying, this is what is 'natural.' All the birds are doing it.
But by the end I had rolled my eyes too many times and had to push my way through the final pages. Maybe it's because it feels like Kingsolver is moving plot points toward sentimental ends. Which is fine -- unless you do not share these sentiments.
Spoiler
I don't want Deanna to come off the mountain and have babies instead; I don't want Nannie to start a romance with that old grump; I don't want Lusa to take on her dead husband's last name and dedicate herself to the furtherance of this other family. All disappointing conclusions for these women.After all, she seems to be saying, this is what is 'natural.' All the birds are doing it.