The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
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Book Reviews of The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
Book Review: Poisonwood Bible
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent book that grips you from the start.As I am not religious I had a few reservations about reading it when I saw it was about missionaries, but the story is essentially about their family life in the Congo and the dangers they faced. It is written from the point of first the mother then each of her four daughters and is very skilfully done. I love this author and this is one of her best. It is entirely different from anything else she has written.Book Review: Very informed history of the Congo
Summary: 5 Stars
Any one who accuses Kingsolver of being political clearly does not know the histoy of the Congo. All she is doing is telling the facts. The Price's story cleary is a metaphor for what has become of the Congo, and how western values just do not work over there. As her novel points out, no country has been more ruined and "saved" by the west as the Congo. It is a funny, yet life changing novel if you read it for what it was meant ot be.Book Review: "Gripping story of growing up and finding meaning in life"
Summary: 5 Stars
A masterpiece of literary craft and social conscience. A well-researched and biting critique of American imperialism in Africa in the 1950s and '60s, and a matching parable of religion at its worst (and best, thanks to Brother Fowles), all rolled into a gripping story of growing up and finding meaning in life. The multiple first-person structure (wonderfully easy to follow) is pure writer's genius. (I fell in love with Adah!)Book Review: The Congo
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this book! I have four sisters and each of us are totally different. This book is the story of four sisters, a mother and their over zealous, religious father who carts them off to the Congo during civil unrest in the late '50's and early '60's. The total individuality of the girls and their take on life in the Congo was beautifully told....sad, enlightening and told with detail and extreme feeling.Book Review: A Marvelous Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best novels I have read. Well-written, original and insightful. It is a book about relationships, broken families, and the cultural chasm that separates idealistic Westerners from the reality of the lives they seek to change. I read this book years ago, but there are lines and images that I have never forgotten. A masterpiece. Pity, she is not producing more.