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This confirms Barbara Kingsolver as right up there at the top of my favourite authors list. So often when there are dual plot lines, I love one and just want to race over the other. But in Unsheltered I felt that I got two magnificent novels in one cover, connected by place, feelings, and being, in a word, unsheltered. She creates such amazing characters that I want to be friends with - or to wring their necks, depending on who they are, but whichever, they are real people, flesh and blood peopl
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I love Kingsolver's writing. I also appreciate that she uses her books as a platform to discuss issues society faces today. However I have the dialogue in Unsheltered did go a bit too far toward lecture than conversation. I did still enjoy the book and the reflection on today's problems.
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It’s been a LONG time since I read The Poisonwood Bible, the only other Kingsolver book I’ve read. Without recent other writings for comparison, my thoughts on this stand alone. I actually liked some of the long conversations between Tig and Willa, and I really grew to appreciate Tig greatly. I enjoyed her maturity and compassion. I didn’t like the storyline with Thatcher until I got to the point at which I understood how his story fit into Willa’s.
Nov 09, 2018
Jkmays
marked it as to-read
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Jun 30, 2019
Meredith Lynch
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Feb 05, 2025
Melissa
marked it as to-read
