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Summary: A truly inspiring story brought to life
Review: When Barbara Kingsolver wrote this novel she brought a great American story to life. Taylor Greer, who is a women from Pittman County, Kentucky, travels down a road that eventually leads her into terrible things, but in the end it always comes out good. The way Kingsolver depicts such things as; family, culture, and irony is truly unique. This was a great book, I would hghly recommend it to anyone who loves a happy ending.
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Summary: A Treasure From a Great Storyteller
Review: Kingsolver is a genius at creating and developing characters. Each one, from the main characters to the old woman we encounter in the motel, is real, multi-dimensional, interesting. You care what happens to them. Her locations have life so her characters can have real experiences there. You can smell the air on a hot night in Arizona just before the rain comes. You can feel the humidity in Kentucky and the aridity in the desert. Best of all, though, is that Kingsolver is a great story teller. She will take you with her on whatever adventure she sets off on with her amazing characters. Sit back, relax. Get ready for a great ride. I envy you just getting started on a Kingsolver story. Have fun!
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Summary: The Bean Trees
Review: This is a wonderful book about young woman named Taylor Greer that was raised in a small town of Kentucky. She had two goals her whole life: to not get get pregnant and to leave town as soon as possible. On her way to Tucson, Arizona she find a Native American child and names her Turtle. I thought this was a wonderful book with a great plot that never slowed down. I never wanted this book to end and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: A thrilling life size novel.
Review: This book was great. I was actually made to read this over the summer. When I first looked at it, and a first glance at the title, I thought I was in for a interesting trip in my imagination world.Then I read the back and relized that it wasn't going to be all that bad. I read the book and loved it! I fell in love with the charaters. I sypmathized for the dilemmas they all went through in their lives. It proved that with out really putting yourself in someone elses shoes, you can't correctly judge your own life.
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Summary: A review from a student from massachusetts.
Review: I thought that this book was not that good. I am the type of reader that is hard to keep interested (i get distracted and bored easily), i found this book to be rather boring. It was a summer reading book for my school, along with 3 other books. I found that this one was the worst out of the 3. I am sure that people who love to read, love this book! However i didnt. I have nothing against the book but i just thought that it was rather boring and uninteresting!
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Summary: Bean Trees
Review: I thought thr book "Bean trees" was very interesting and fun to read. I liked the characters in the book and enjoyed Taylors smart and witty comment through out the book. It was very heart warming and I think the auther did a wonderfull job with describing the characters.
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Summary: A captivating story of non biological family love
Review: This book is absolutely wonderful. Kingsolver perfectly shows how a family does not have to be biological to be a true family. Taylor, Turtle, and Lou Ann have family ties and love greater than some of the biological ones. The reality and the down-to-earth events and reactions of the characters in the novel really include the reader; you can relate to what Turtle and Lou Ann are feeling, even if you have not gone through the exact same thing, you probably have experienced something similar. Once finished, be sure to continue with "Pigs in Heaven", the sequel.
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Summary: Barbara W. Kingsolver is the devil
Review: The teachers of america make us read this book in a poor attemt to fix our language usage. I don't agree with it. I think the book makes my stupid and makes me want to go out in a rikkoty car and find barbara kingsolver and beat her to death with her own shoes. Man, I cant' believe how much I hate her and her book, and the people who found false hidden meaning in this book.Long Live Bobby!!
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Summary: I thought this was...
Review: I thought this was a fairly good book, especially since I prefer fantasy (this is definitely not fantasy) and have had trouble getting through books similar to this. Barbara Kingsolver did a good job. Her characters, Turtle, Taylor, and Lou Ann were fun to get to know. My biggest problem was that, at least for me, it was hard to get into at first. But, once you are in it you will want to keep reading. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Bean Trees
Review: I read this book because it was an assignment for a senior AP English course I am taking when school starts. I looked up all the required books on my list on Amazon.com and decided this one was the most appealling. After reading it I was completely satisfied and could not wait to pass it on for someone else to enjoy. It was easy reading, fun, and interesting. I love the way Barbara Kingsolver writes, and I can't wait to read her other books. Hopefully this has helped you to decide whether you would like to read it or not, if not read it anyways because it is definetly worth your while.
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