That is my all time favorite book. Whats funny is, the first time I tried reading it it quit after 30 pages because I thought it was incredibly boring. About a year later I tried reading it again and fell in love with it. I re-read it almost yearly.
***Spoiler*** The husband is a power hungry a**. The woman was innocent, then dependant in him, then(imo) stuck around too long…worst case scenario…she let it happen.
I thought it was good until the end. Kingsolver did a great job having her characters convey her messages. Then, in the last or second last chapter the voices were not that of her characters. It was her voice. The tone was different. And instead of subtle, she hit you over the head from a soapbox with her message.
I started to read it but really did not like it and so put it down. I know a lot of people who loved it though!
That is my all time favorite book. Whats funny is, the first time I tried reading it it quit after 30 pages because I thought it was incredibly boring. About a year later I tried reading it again and fell in love with it. I re-read it almost yearly.
Loved it, so good! ?
***Spoiler*** The husband is a power hungry a**. The woman was innocent, then dependant in him, then(imo) stuck around too long…worst case scenario…she let it happen.
It was great, lots of lessons to be learned from it.
Loved!!!
Loved it.
Just bought the leather-bound edition
Loved it
Read it when Oprah first put it on the list. I enjoyed it, but years have passed so I can’t pass a test on it.
One of my favorites
Was this the one about the missionary family in Africa? If so I really liked it
I liked it but it was about 200 pages too long
Agreed! Should have ended way sooner than it did. It dragged on for a while at the end.
Not much. Didn’t read.
I started it….eventually I will finish it.
I loved it !!
I cried my eyes out!
LOVE it
What a great read! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Excellent
Love it….
It is one of my favorite books! Are you reading it?
@Valerie when it comes I will
Great
I thought it was good until the end. Kingsolver did a great job having her characters convey her messages. Then, in the last or second last chapter the voices were not that of her characters. It was her voice. The tone was different. And instead of subtle, she hit you over the head from a soapbox with her message.
Exceptional. Well drawn characters and a credible plot.
Couldnt read it
I read it when it first came out and loved it.
I loved it!!
Life Time favorite
i loved it – it haunted me
Loved it
Read it and loved it.
A great book.
It was one of my favourite reads this year
not what I expected – a good read – but I’d had it recommended to me and it wasn’t that good.
Loved it
I find her pretentious and entitled. Comes out in her writing.
Come sit by me, Gee. I agree wholeheartedly.
Loved it!
Another fav Kingsolver of mine is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It’s non-fiction but funny – the turkey sex is worth the read!
Love this book!! The Bean Trees is another one from her that’s incredible as well.
One of my all-time favorite books.
A great book