The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
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Book Reviews of The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
Book Review: Children's Tongues Speak the Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
For a brief time, I was there. I saw the green mamba snake in the tree. I was with the eyes in the tree. Did it ever really happen? Can we look away from the truth? The girls all told the truth, but each was a different truth, filtered through different eyes, melding into different spirits. Mother child sister daughter. Who is to say whose truth was right? Even the slanted truth of Adah rang as true as any. And the truth of the children sang through it all. How long can another keep that in her pocket? Children's tongues spoke the truth. I never wanted it to end.Book Review: Barbara Kingsolver is a great writer...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've enjoyed her other novels, always thick with nature & the natural world. I've been resistant to reading the Poisonwood Bible because it was an Oprah Book Club Book. (I usually find them banal) Kingsolver uses several characters to (all of which you can probably find within yourself) depict the hardships of the people of Africa & the political goings on the East is so unaware of. When a book influences my ideals in anyway or gives me a perspective I didn't previously have I consider it a good book. That's what Kingsolver did for me in this novel.Book Review: Blew me away!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the handful of contempory fiction books that makes it to my top 10 list. I avoided this book for a while because the premise -- a missionary family from Georgia in the Belgian Congo -- just didn't appeal to me. I don't know what compelled me to pick the book up and give it a try, but I am so happy that I did. Once I picked this novel up I could barely put it down. This family's story is fascinating, tragic, and beautiful. If you are at all on the fence about this book I highly recommend you give it a chance!Book Review: Short review of my favorite novel
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those books that I put down during the first one hundred pages the first time I picked it up. Many months later I picked it up and could not put it down. Kingsolver brings together so many strands (Cold War politics, liberation theology, palindromes, Southern fiction, Africa, and ecology just to name a few) in such a seemless and entertaining novel.
I re-read it and found so many more layers the second time around. I now have a new favorite animal thanks to Kingsolver: the Okapi.
Book Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
I started this book after I had surgery as a way to pass time and I regret not reading it earlier. Poisonwood Bible contains the rich story of a family of a reverend, his wife and four daughters. Each daughter brings her own perspective to the novel and I love the language and the plot itself. It rarely had a dull spot that didn't pertain to the plot or development of characters, which in a large book means a lot. I will admit it is more for women than men, but I think everyone can take something from this book.