Animal Dreams
3 journalers for this copy...
I became completely emeshed in this story. I cried when Codi did and laughed when she did. Her aimless wandering thru life was heartbreaking to watch.
Animal Dreams is so many kinds of love stories -love between sisters, love between father/daughters, love between men and women, love between mothers and children, love between humans and animals, humans and the Earth and environment...
It had so many levels and so many lessons. Each page was a joy to read and I kept reading until there was no more to read and then I went back and reread parts that were so meaningful and profound to me.
My previous experience with Kingsolver's novels was The Poisonwood Bible and although I also enjoyed that novel, Animal Dreams moves at a much quicker pace and has fewer central characters to follow.
This is going to MissQ to pass along to her Mom, a Kingsolver fan. Enjoy!!!
Animal Dreams is so many kinds of love stories -love between sisters, love between father/daughters, love between men and women, love between mothers and children, love between humans and animals, humans and the Earth and environment...
It had so many levels and so many lessons. Each page was a joy to read and I kept reading until there was no more to read and then I went back and reread parts that were so meaningful and profound to me.
My previous experience with Kingsolver's novels was The Poisonwood Bible and although I also enjoyed that novel, Animal Dreams moves at a much quicker pace and has fewer central characters to follow.
This is going to MissQ to pass along to her Mom, a Kingsolver fan. Enjoy!!!
Cestmoi was kind enough to bring this book for my mother when we met up today! Thanks so much, I'm sure she'll enjoy it! I'll journal again once she's finished reading it.
OK, almost a year later, I finally read this. In fact, it's my book club pick for Feb./March. This is the second book I've read of Kingsolver's and I'm still liking her writing style. It flows smoothly and makes her books fairly quick reads.
She definitely has common themes (in the books I've read anyway - this and The Bean Trees): Arizona, refugees, women who feel they have no home. But that doesn't mean the stories are the same. I think this book was about Codi finding her way back home by realizing it was the place where she was born. There are some very sad parts as, by the end, Codi seems to have lost a lot. But I guess as Loyd pointed out to her - though you can't replace loved ones "you're not going to run out of people to love."
This was by no means a "happily ever after" type of book. But, in the end, I think Codi persevered and may even have ended up with more than she started with. I like books like that, they aren't all happy but the tragedy is tempered with some "feel good" moments. It should make for an interesting book club discussion.
Thanks so much cestmoi for passing this book on to me! You've been my (and my mom's Kingsolver source).
This is going on to vhackett next.
She definitely has common themes (in the books I've read anyway - this and The Bean Trees): Arizona, refugees, women who feel they have no home. But that doesn't mean the stories are the same. I think this book was about Codi finding her way back home by realizing it was the place where she was born. There are some very sad parts as, by the end, Codi seems to have lost a lot. But I guess as Loyd pointed out to her - though you can't replace loved ones "you're not going to run out of people to love."
This was by no means a "happily ever after" type of book. But, in the end, I think Codi persevered and may even have ended up with more than she started with. I like books like that, they aren't all happy but the tragedy is tempered with some "feel good" moments. It should make for an interesting book club discussion.
Thanks so much cestmoi for passing this book on to me! You've been my (and my mom's Kingsolver source).
This is going on to vhackett next.
This is out bookclub book for March - looking forward to reading it (quickly). Borrowing from MissQ on this one and will be returning it when I'm done. :-)
Got this back from vhackett last night at Book Club. She liked it but didn't love it :-) I think everyone at the meeting enjoyed it at least a little.