A review by jrmarr
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

I'm not quite sure how to review this book. I think it's closer to 3.5 than 4 for me. There were parts of it that were incredibly moving - I was brought to tears by some passages. But the latter sections felt overly long and not terribly necessary. But the women of the Price family have stayed with me long after I've finished the book, and I am left with an overwhelming sense of the horrible legacy of colonialism and exploitation of the region. I'm not sure we've learnt all that much either.