emdavis4 's review for:

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

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This book was pretty good. I'd probably give it more like a 3.5 than a 4 (but goodreads doesn't have a half star option so I rounded up). I found the story interesting, and well written, if a bit slow moving. I decided to read this because I live in Asheville and had just visited Mexico City, so it was interesting to see those two places through this story and from the writers point of view. I found the latter part of the book a bit scary too in how the politics of that day are so closely resembling what is happening now - fear and xenophobia abound. I'd recommend this if you like historical fiction type books.