mfarzan 's review for:

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
4.5

I thought this book was fantastic- the imagery was spectacular, I could picture everything, I could feel what the characters were feeling, and I learned so much more about the history of the Congo even though I have read books that take place in this setting before. But there is so much rich history to the country and the land that it’s always fascinating to learn about. I will say that it was to read from  the pov of a missionary family in Africa, and see how even within a family there were many perspectives on what their purpose there was, and how it impacted each of them differently. Even though it was a long book, it flew by. It loses half a point because I felt like the last ~50 pages were unnecessary but overall would highly recommend.