A review by aclaybaugh
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

1.0

The Bean Trees is one of my favorite books, so I was looking forward to its sequel living up to expectations. Unfortunately it did not in a variety of ways. While I enjoyed the eclectic cast of characters who surrounded Taylor and Turtle in the first book, this book had some new characters who were just plain strange and annoying. I thought I’d like Taylor’s storyline, but hers just went around in circles and her responses to things were just very out of character for her, seen from the very beginning where she allows Turtle to be featured on the Oprah show. I found myself skimming the last 1/3 of the book just to find out how it resolved. The ending was also just so coincidental as to make it unbelievable.