by Barbara Kingsolver
I've loved everything I've read by Barbara Kingsolver so far, but this one really didn't do anything for me. I just couldn't connect with the central characters, Codi and Doc Homer. I wish Loyd (with one L) had been more of a central character. He was a sweetheart.
An all-around good book. A little heartbreak, a little hope, a little humor, and none of it overdone. Easy to read, but by no means brain candy. There are some very valuable observations woven into the story, nicely understated. Codi's little journey reminds us that the way we remember things may...
Codi returns to her hometown and has all the usual emotions and realizations. And she meets a hot Native American man who guides her spirit and has hot sex with her. And I believe she solves some sort of environmental mystery. Wish-fullfillment drek cloaked in "magical realism". Why was this ass...
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