Friday, March 26, 2010

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

I listened to this book and to be honest I was not that impressed with the narrator especially her botching up the French language. Now I have never learned French, but I have heard quite a bit of it and I know that it is not pronounced like this narrator has done so. (Think southern accent with each letter pronounced. Oy) So I suggest reading this book as opposed to listening to the version that Dean Robertson narrated.

And the reason there is a lot of French--it takes place the 1960s in the Belgian Congo where French is one of the main languages. I love the descriptions of the jungle and Africa--you really felt like you were there. The story is about a missionary family from Georgia who goes to the Congo to bring the villagers to Jesus. Lots of good characters in this and it's told from the 4 daughters and mother's perspectives so you get 5 different points of view.

I liked the book, however it wasn't my favorite Kingsolver book. I liked "The Prodigal Summer" and "The Bean Trees" better.

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