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 Fatalistic redundancy Oct 28, 2009
This book was recommended to me by a counselor and I certainly hope the intention was not to connect me in any way with the pathetic character of Rev. Price. This book "may" have shed some light on the plight of the Congolese and behind-the-scenes corruption of governments, but as far as a novel is concerned it was a redundant, fatalistic, twisted disaster. The children's characters were inconsistent and didn't come close to matching their age level thinking. The mother was the most negative, fatalistic, and mentally ill character I've ever seen. It scares me for the writer who could even imagine such a person. I also agree with some of the other commentors regarding the Baptist references. I grew up an Independent Baptist and NO Baptist would ever use the Apocrypha! Indeed, we were told all Catholics were going straight to hell. And almost no Baptist preacher would be Pentecostal. And no Baptist preacher would see any need to baptise infants or children. To create such a mean and unfeeling man who was totally oblivious to the culture and totally insensitive to the feelings of others indicates a serious ingrained bitterness towards the Church and/or clergy on the part of the author. (And then to have him burned at the end! Sick!)Not that such a character didn't deserve it, but the question is: does such a character even come close to reality for ANY pastor? This does a serious disservice to Christianity in general! As I said before, I suspect loads of bitterness on the part of the author and reading this book was very depressing!
Poison wood bible Oct 14, 2009
I have been there and I could have not described the people and the events any better; she is amazing!!!!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 wow! Sep 21, 2009
One of the best stories I've read. There's a lot of calamity and adventure in The Belgian Congo circa 1959-1960, when a small-town Georgia preacher (Nathan Price) takes a one-year Christian missionary assignment with his wife and four daughters (ages 5 and 16 with 15 year-old twins). Told from the very different perspectives of the four daughters, with brief antidotes from the mother Orleanna, the book has a fascinating cast of characters. Anatole Ngemba an educated African who helps The Prices interpret and manage there way around was one of my favorites along with an 8-year-old African boy named Nelson.
Very thought provoking journey about what human life and nature is all about. I found myself thinking about the book a lot in between reading time. This is one reading experience that I can't wait to re-visit in the future.
Fantastic Sep 07, 2009
This book begins a little slow, but is really worth those few pages to get to the meat of the story. Getting inside the heads of these characters was great and the overall book was fantastic!
The Poisonwood Bible Aug 19, 2009
In the early 60s Nathan Price decides to take his wife and four daughters to the Congo convinced that he will lead the natives to Jesus Christ. He is an unflinching preacher who believes in the wrath of God. The Congo proves to be a harder life than any of them could have imagined. None of them will ever be the same.
The story is told from the perspective of the five women. Orleana- mother, Rachel- vain oldest daughter, Leah- gifted survivor, Adah- gifted cripple who has a unique view of the world, Ruth May- baby of the family.
Few books have changed the way I see the world. This one did. Not only did I learn a lot about the politics of Africa, but I got to see it from an African perspective. It was a whole new way of looking at the world.
While it's not a quick read, Poisonwood Bible is worth the time.
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