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Summary: Amazing!!! Totally enjoyable.
Review: Such a powerful well written novel bringing to light abandonment, diversity, friendship, and the power of love. Barbara Kingsolver reminds us that sometimes we have to let go of things that we love the most to recieve even more in return. A great summer read that was purchased simply because it was a recommended book at my local bookstore.
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Summary: This is still my favorite...
Review: I read this novel for the first time in the eleventh grade, in 1992. I was at a point of frustration with school-required reading, which seemed to have little to do with the life of a 16 year old, when my English teacher recommended Barbara Kingsolver. I read the book, fell in love with the characters, and have feverishly read everything of Kingsolver's that I have been able to find since then. Her style has inspired me as a writer, and she, along with Michael Dorris is one of the two authors I most emulate. Six years after my initial reading, Barbara Kingsolver is still my favorite!
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Summary: Decent but nothing spectacular
Review: This book is average but I had heard from others fabulous things about it. Maybe I went in expecting too much, but the whole time i was thinking...when are we going to get to the climax of the book. When it ended, I was surprised because i was still waiting for the point of the story to get across. It was a typical book...but nothing i would stop traffic for.
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Summary: A very disappointing read.
Review: The Bean Trees attempts to address so many vital issues: adoption, class and race, youth, feminism, yet these remain a shallow, new-age background. When Taylor finally appears to break down under the pressure of young motherhood, it rings false, her switch from bravado to frustration lacks depth and disappears as quickly as Kingsolver's references to the war in Guatamala.
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Summary: A humorous book about surviving the troubles that come along
Review: This book was truly significant in that Kingsolver, showed us the many struggles, people, friends, and dangers that came with little Turtle. Without humor, trust, and faith in each other it would have been truly impossible to survive the problems that Lou Ann, Dwayne Ray, Taylor, and Turtle face. With Taylor's determination to find the real mother, she finds herself lying to the law. In this compelling story about love, friendship, and hope, we all learn that some people do not have such luxurious offers as many do. We realize that Taylor comes from a foreign background living in Kentucky, and she is truly making the best out of what she has. Everyday, she looks toward hope, and she knows she will someday find what Turtle wants and needs. Without humor in the heart, the family would be not!P.S. I'm 12 yrs. old
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Summary: I really enjoyed the book and its colorful dialogue.
Review: I enjoyed the dialogue the most. iliked seeing how Taylor dealt with her problems of motherhood and how she developed into a wonderful woman throughout the book. Have fun with the book, because I thought it was very funny and inspiring.
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Summary: I want a "Damn, I'm Good" T-Shirt!!
Review: I am still laughing about the baby wearing that t-shirt saying: "Damn, I'm Good". And the woman at the motel whose head kept nodding as if she were signalling no to someone behind Taylor's head. The doorhandle at the club next to Jesus is Lord that had the woman's belly button on it. People taking care of people. For the way Ms. Kingsolver managed to pack so much tolerance, random kindness and unconditional love into one relatively short book, I will always be grateful.
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Summary: Hope springs eternal for those willing to change their names
Review: Ms. Kingsolver reels you in to a small town only to quickly throw you back into the cruel harsh world. The changing names of characters and the hidden world of the refugees exist in our world even though we cannot always recognize them. I loved the way the main character held on to her "head rights," not realistically, but to combat her own insecurity. In the end, she is strong enough to overcome her fears and finds she doesn't need to fall back on anything. Yes, it was idealistic, but it was well written and made me feel better about the people I live with in this world.
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Summary: Just not to my liking!
Review: I found it very difficult to get through this book. I stopped once, but was encouraged to finish it by others who have liked it. I'm sorry to say that I never found the story very exciting. I thought the action was less than believable and did not feel an affinity for any of the characters.
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Summary: The book was excellent!!
Review: I really liked the book Bean Trees because all the other books that I read don't make that much sense to me but this book did.
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