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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

The Only Book You Need to Read.

Date of Review:  Sep 19, 2000
Review: Rarely will a book so completely capture my attention that I am still in the plot long after I am done reading. This novel is definitely one of them.


As a college student I have grown accustomed to reading several books at once. It...
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  5.0

by: billyvail
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Well written, entertaining.
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It was part of Operah's Book Club.
 
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

kingsolver's queen

Date of Review:  Sep 27, 2000
Review: the distinct and separate character narratives established in me a desire to visit this book as often as time would permit. i felt as though i knew for years the bible-thumping, almost manic patriarch. the vain, mostly shallow older sister delighted...
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  5.0

by: weeziejef
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
prose that envelops
Cons
the story eventually ends
 
61 out of 61 people found this review helpful.

The Poisonwood Bible-Causes Soul Examination

Date of Review:  Sep 30, 2000
Review: I just finished Barbara Kingsolver's recent novel. It called forth in me a soul examination of our civilization. Her story took place in Equatorial Africa, the Congo, in the 1950's. A Southern Baptist preacher, a redhead from Georgia, took his wife...
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  5.0

by: lisette1
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Absorbing, thought provoking, expresses...
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None
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Poisonwood-deep and accurate

Date of Review:  Oct 6, 2000
Review: The "Poisonwood Bible" is one of the best reads I have come across in awhile. It isn't light reading, and has kind of a slow start. Yet once you get into the book, the characters come to life, and you begin to feel that you know them personally. The...
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  5.0

by: sue425
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Intricate, fascinating, totally great
Cons
Ends on a sad note.
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

True Bible Lessons

Date of Review:  Dec 1, 2000
Review: Overall, this is a great book. I love the details that describe the people, the places, and the events. It almost feels like your right there with the characters of the book. If you like real life incidents this is the book for you. If you like to...
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  4.0

by: colleenvan
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Great Adventure
Cons
Too wordy at times
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A New Realm for Kingsolver

Date of Review:  Dec 6, 2000
Review: I was very hesitant to pick this book up, as I have read most of Kingsolver's other works, and had seen them degrade somewhat in quality, and didn't want to see more of the same. However, this book was a whole new experience for the Kingsolver...
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  4.0

by: haidee_anna
Recommended to buy: Yes

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well written, involving, and consuming
Cons
none
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Disappointed

Date of Review:  Dec 8, 2000
Review: The first two-thirds of this book is beautifully written. I love the way Kingsolver created unique voices for each of the characters and told the story through their eyes. However, the book takes a disappointing turn during the last third. Rachel's...
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  3.0

by: looric
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
beautiful pros
Cons
stop the political diatribe!
 
136 out of 136 people found this review helpful.

Barbara Kingsolver Lights Up Deepest, Darkest Africa

Date of Review:  Aug 5, 2000
Review: Politics and religion, those strange bedfellows, snuggle between the sheets in Barbara Kingsolver?s impressive novel The Poisonwood Bible. Set during Africa?s political upheaval in the early 1960s, Kingsolver?s tale follows missionary Nathan Price,...
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  4.0

by: Grouch
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Kingsolver develops a deeply-layered,...
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There's a tragic turn of events midway...
 
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

Most interesting book I have read in a long time

Date of Review:  Oct 16, 2009
The Bottom Line: My recommendation would be to read this book and then read it again.  It is a book worth owning so you can do just that!
Review: This book is very interesting, each chapter is written from the perspective of the character the chapter is about.  Barabara Kingsolver has a very unique style of writing that is super easy to read.  The story has some historic value to it, and...
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  5.0

by: yunion
Recommended to buy: Yes

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The uniqueness of the character...
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Hard to put the book down.  Makes one...
 
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

NIV, ESV, NASB, KJV, or Poisonwood?

Date of Review:  Oct 18, 2009
The Bottom Line: One of the hardest, most awful stories I have ever read--yet still one of my favorites.
Review: In 1959, fiery Baptist preacher Nathan Price took his wife and his four daughters to the Congo. "Took" is perhaps too light a word. "Forced" might be better, or at least "commanded." His goal? To save the souls floundering in the darkness of sin...
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  4.0

by: imagine_stars
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Gorgeous writing, brilliant characters
Cons
Hard, depressing tones and a main...
 

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