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eva_azaz 's review for:
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
I love ambitious epics and I had a lovely time reading this book. I felt for the characters and learned with them, and on top of that got to learn a lot about the Congo’s postcolonial history.
Barbara Kingsolver is really very good at storytelling and shines in this multiple POV format; I found it interesting to witness how different members of the same family experience and carry with them their lives on the mission. Also, this book feels incredibly researched and clearly drew concepts and themes from to foundational works grappling with colonialism (Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart even being directly referenced which I found pretty funny).
I’m docking a point because there was a big shift in format, pacing, and tone a bit more than halfway through, which made the latter half of the story feel a little unbalanced especially while binging it. I think this might just be a difficult thing for novels tackling such a wide scope — it reminds me very much of how I felt about Pachinko as well.
Barbara Kingsolver is really very good at storytelling and shines in this multiple POV format; I found it interesting to witness how different members of the same family experience and carry with them their lives on the mission. Also, this book feels incredibly researched and clearly drew concepts and themes from to foundational works grappling with colonialism (Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart even being directly referenced which I found pretty funny).
I’m docking a point because there was a big shift in format, pacing, and tone a bit more than halfway through, which made the latter half of the story feel a little unbalanced especially while binging it. I think this might just be a difficult thing for novels tackling such a wide scope — it reminds me very much of how I felt about Pachinko as well.