Comments on: The Poisonwood Bible – Book Review

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:25:53 +0000

Becca: I agree about Kingsolver’s “voice.” She is an amazing writer…so glad you loved this book as I did.

By: becca

becca — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:36:40 +0000

I absolutely love this book!! I have read it several different times and never get tired of it. Kingsolver’s voice is perceptive and intelligent, and I am especially interested in the different views on Christianity presented throughout the novel (“there are Christians, and then there are Christians”). This one will be with me for a long time…

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:20:28 +0000

Grayson: Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion What was it you so disliked about the book?

By: Grayson

Grayson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:40:32 +0000

Never have i despised a book more.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:17:25 +0000

I actually meant LEAH and not Rachel in my comment .

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:01:28 +0000

Marsha: Although I don’t agree with your conclusions, I certainly respect your opinion. I know several readers did not like the ending or thought the book went on too long. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:30:22 +0000

For the most part I loved this book and couldn’t put it down,but the last third droned on and it might have been better to instead have been a fleshy epilogue . A trilogy might have been another approach. Although I was happy to continue reading well after I felt the book had reached a satisfying conclusion,the end seemed stuck on as if a certain length manuscript had been promised. This last part seemed anti-climatic and a bit too didactic and preachy. The writing throughout however is sublime and sometimes humorous and there are many places where I just stopped and savored an image or idea.The book is a bit skewed in it’s historical perspective and accuracy and it’s when the book gets too political that I wish it’d get back to the characters.By the end of the book,however,I felt no real sympathy for or interest in any of the characters,except perhaps Rachel. This was truly a shame.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:31:24 +0000

Storm: Glad to hear you are enjoying this book. I’ve not read Conrad’s Heart of Darkness but I’ve heard it is a must read about that region. It is shameful how the powerful countries pillage these remote, third world countries.

Anna: It is such a terrific read…glad you liked it.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:17:03 +0000

I just finished this book a few days ago. I couldn’t put it down. I looked up more information about the Congo and learned a lot from this book.

By: storm

storm — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:03:22 +0000

I am just now finishing up The Poisonwood Bible and I am enjoying it immensely. I love how the book weaves the historical facts of the Congo into the fictional world of the Price family. Recently, I have been doing a lot of reading on the Congo — starting with Conrad’s Heart of Darkness — and have learned about the sorry role that Belgium, the USA, and other European powers have played in pillaging this country of its natural and human resources.