esyjin 's review for:

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book provides a fascinating perspective of how the cultural disconnect and colonial mindset of missionary work fails spectacularly in a world where life and wealth and spirit are controlled by forces older than civilization itself. Perhaps the God of Creation that we seek is indeed muntu - all that is here, the eternal cycle of life and death.