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So far, I’m loving Marcellus but dislike literally everyone else (except maybe Terry and Ethan). But Tova and Cameron? Hard pass. I don’t know if it’s the audio book reader’s voice I dislike or if the author just writes way stronger in first person than in third person, but I feel like 0% empathy for either Tova or Cameron and frankly think they’re jerks.

I have read 50 pages about salt and could not be more delighted.

Okay… so initially this book really slapped… and then I got further in, and I’m beginning to see why folks didn’t rate this book as highly. While I appreciate the humanness of her writing (it’s accessible and relates to real, lived experiences), her turns of phrase are becoming redundant. Also, I keep hoping to find something deeper in her work beyond surface level descriptions and I’m not finding it

I am not very far in, but already this book is proving itself to be brilliant. The funny turns of phrase, the subtle wit, the literally allusions to David Copperfield by Dickens…. Brilliant. Just brilliant. I’ve read a lot of Dickens, and even though he’s writing about the poor, because it’s 1800’s England, his characters feel more posh. So I LOVE what Kingsolver is doing in setting this in the rural South

Trigger warning: the second section of this book titled “falling” includes references to physical and sexual violence which are pretty explicit.

I tried reading another fiction book… and couldn’t. This series is quickly becoming my new addiction.