The Poisonwood Bible in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 03, 2015 Eileen added it

I read 1.5 chapters of this book. Although I liked the descriptions of African nature and daily life, I did not like the writing choice of how the Price family viewed and characterized the African people. Some of the characterizations were simply a function of the fact that the African people had the misfortune of being born into poverty on a third-world continent (improper clothes, etc.). Even considering that the story took place in the 1950's, I think the story could have instead portrayed th ...more

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Oct 24, 2019 Nicole P rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Absolutely spellbinding and riveting! The multiple POVs added such richness and complexities to this story, each one having valid points and reasonings. Kingsolver did a brilliant job with her vivid descriptions and brought each character to life. I will most definitely be using excerpts from this book when I teach imperialism.

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Jan 04, 2016 Anne ✨ Finds Joy marked it as x-dnf

Started this many years ago, don't even remember why I didn't finish but i think it might have been slow for me, but i might want to attempt again someday. ...more

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May 08, 2015 Susan rated it really liked it

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This one took me forever to read; I needed time for processing. However, it was worth the effort.

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Dec 04, 2014 Jordan rated it it was amazing

One of the best books of all time! An absolute 5-star rated, must read book!!!!

It has been a couple years since I've read this book but it stays with me, one of those books that really leaves an impression and I fully intend to read it again. I'm surprised there wasn't more hype surrounding this novel because it really was exceptional. Unfortunately I've read, or at least attempted to read, a couple other books by Barbara Kingsolver and just couldn't get into them but The Poisonwood Bible is one ...more

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