Summer Read: The Poisonwood Bible

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I started to read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver when I first joined my bookclub 5+ years ago. I didn’t finish it, and I quickly replaced it with the next bookclub book. Last night, I finished reading it. I highly recommend this book. Why? Without giving a full review which I’m not very good at, let me summon up a few things that I like.

The book is well written without being over the top with excessive prose. Each character develops into a human being that could be a real person. I dislike books with flawless or unrealistic characters.

I liked the length, 576 pages, of the book. Most of the books I read are around 300 pages. While there is nothing wrong with a short book, sometime the story ends before I’m ready to let go of the characters.

For me a good book sticks in my mind, well after the last has been read. Now my mind in Africa, thinking about the difference in culture. This book and the movie Out of Africa, make me think I need to explore Africa. If you want to know more about the book, check out the reviews on Amazon.com.