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I had such high expectations; put it on hold at the library and waited about 6 months to finally get my hands on it. I'd heard Kingsolver speak about it on Science Friday near the time it was released and was aching to read it, but for some reason it's been really difficult for me to get through.
I read Prodigal Summer within the last year or so. I enjoyed it very much as it explored characters very deeply and they all felt remarkably 'fresh' to me - strong yet flawed, full of unique contradictio ...more
I read Prodigal Summer within the last year or so. I enjoyed it very much as it explored characters very deeply and they all felt remarkably 'fresh' to me - strong yet flawed, full of unique contradictio ...more
Now, for this book, even an ordinary review can be a spoiler, at least of the first chapter or two. The inside book flap doesn't do any spoiling, though (and is safe to read), and I'm not going to, either.
Barbara Kingsolver's readers won't be surprised to find out that this book is both a nature/biology cliffhanger and a character-driven people story as well. Once the reader gets past a few too many throw-away sentences early on, the story swells and carries you inexorably to the climactic endi ...more
Barbara Kingsolver's readers won't be surprised to find out that this book is both a nature/biology cliffhanger and a character-driven people story as well. Once the reader gets past a few too many throw-away sentences early on, the story swells and carries you inexorably to the climactic endi ...more
Sep 25, 2016
Ted
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2023
Florence
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Maia Ciobanu
marked it as to-read
