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I love Kingsolver. She‘s a master with words. The story is so incredibly hard to read as so many of her books are, but it‘s only because of the rawness of her writing.

It disturbs me that we as a human race can be so cruel towards each other.

At a later stage I will re-read this book, in a more enlightened frame of mind. Because this time around I was not ready for harsh topics so blatantly stated.

I can see why this is seen as a Modernist masterpiece

My last three books were duds and I‘m in dire need of a 5-star book…hoping this is a good choice!

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf

Exciting find - $2.00 for this #firstedition at the #usedbookstore 😄

I enjoyed Kingsolver‘s Animal Dreams, Prodigal Summer, and Demon Copperhead so I‘m looking forward to adding this one to the list.

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📚Currently reading:

📕A Feast for Crows
📕The Goblin Emperor
📙The Drowned World

Progress:

Finished a novel and novella this week. I have 30% left on The Drowned World but my brain is fried for today so I will have to finish it on Monday, on top of other things. I feel pretty good about the upcoming week and hopefully jump back into TGE (I keep stalling with it and it's frustrating)

As a story it's convoluted, but there is plenty of nuance to it. The themes of colonialism and imperialism, exploitation of people and land, and deeply rooted racism are horrific.

The Price family follows their fanatical father on a religious mission to Congo during a time of political and emotional upheaval.

Post Colonial ✨ Hardened ✨ Absolution

A heavy family saga that is incredibly well written. A cross between Heart of Darkness and Hello Beautiful.

Reading about the Congo whilst in -23 temps in Finland is peculiar!

A disturbing but honest book

Although I enjoyed this book, I might have expected too much. Overall I felt the book lacked some historical significance in terms of the atrocities that took place in the Congo.
It is still a very enjoyable read.