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AUDIOI love Barbara Kingsolver and especially love to listen to her books on audio.Although some listeners don't like her to read her own books, I happen to LOVE her voice and the nuance she brings to her own stories. It's the reason I prefer to listen instead of read a B.K. book.She is a genius at ...
A story with environmental themes, in the manner of her recent novels. Though heavy-handed at times, still enjoyable.
Full of sentences and paragraphs to just swoon in.Wonderfully alive characters. I felt immersed in their world while I was reading it. Beyond the climate change, I found the class-divide discussions most interesting.Dellarobia speaking to Ovid: "Team camo, we get the right to bear arms and John Deer...
Redneck environmentalism. Now there's a contradiction in terms. Kingsolver's writing is up to its usual high standards, and her character development is outstanding. She just tried to stuff way too many things into one sausage casing. The result is something tough to chew, sometimes bland, and slow ...
Like Stephen King, my experience with Kingsolver has been one hit with many DNF'd misses. This book might break that streak, however. It reminded me of what I so enjoyed in The Poisonwood Bible: a sharp look at family, loyalty and betrayal, a nebulous swirl of science and magic. The vibe of this fel...
The official synopsis of Barbara Kingsolver’s latest novel, Flight Behavior makes the story seem much more exciting than it really is. This is not a novel about finding unknown truths so much as it is confronting the truth that has been largely ignored, either through ignorance or through denial. It...
I loved every minute of reading this book. I was actually a bit giddy in the middle, torn between finishing the book and devouring it whole. Stylistically, this book goes back to the territory of The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven, with a character-driven story and simple plot that lets the author'...
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