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lau_rie 's review for:
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
4.5*. An accurate portrayal of what makes up most of Africa, through the eyes and mouths of babes. Meticulously researched and part-lived experience of the Congo, which deflates just about any ideology into natural idiocy.
I swithered about 5*, because it really is excellent. However, I didn't find the writing particularly relatable, but this is probably because I am a man. The voices are sometimes plaintive and victim-ey; as to be expected from a vulnerable woman and four little girls thrust into such a harsh cultural clamshell.
Overall an excellent job. Definitely goes straight into my list of top African novels.
I swithered about 5*, because it really is excellent. However, I didn't find the writing particularly relatable, but this is probably because I am a man. The voices are sometimes plaintive and victim-ey; as to be expected from a vulnerable woman and four little girls thrust into such a harsh cultural clamshell.
Overall an excellent job. Definitely goes straight into my list of top African novels.