The Poisonwood Bible in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jul 07, 2008 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, read-in-2008, 5-star-reads

This audiobook is read by the author. I didn't register that fact until about halfway through the cassettes!

The premise of the book is a missionary takes his family over to the Congo to bring Jesus and salvation to the Africans.

The story is told from the very differing points of view of each of his children. With reflective chapters thrown in occassionally in the mother/wife's voice.

There is no way that I could do justice to describing the book and what it is about without really spoiling the u ...more

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Dec 14, 2024 Rebecca Heneghan rated it it was amazing

I loved this. To take on missionary work in Africa and the corruption of governments while keeping the book hilarious at times is pure genius.

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Jan 02, 2008 Nikki rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction

As always, an excellent book from Barbara Kingsolver. A cautionary tale for would-be missionaries, that's for sure. I liked the changing points-of-view, which were very well done in terms of each character's voice. I did not feel this was an anti-Christian book although I think some people took it that way. There is a second missionary character in the book who is much more admirable. I don't reread books very often but I may reread this one some time since my nephew has started a nonprofit in C ...more

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Dec 19, 2007 Amy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, historical-fiction, audio-book, book-challenge-2018, re-read, audible-deal, own-the-book

Ahhh... second time around and I loved it just as much as the first. What I remembered the book was about was actually only half the book - where the family is living in the Congo as missionaries. I completely forgot the whole second half which delves into how the Congo’s politics changed and their interests were taken advantage of by other countries, most notably the USA.

This is a fantastic read if you are interested in life and politics in Africa. Very eye opening.

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Dec 18, 2007 Elissa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2007

One of my favorite books of all time. The writing won me over from the very beginning and kept me reading. I love how the characters, and their individual writing styles evolve throughout the novel. Very unique. I wish there were more books out there that could compare.

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