tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658474694942339787.post8261164375971642805..comments2024-01-19T14:38:38.348+00:00Comments on Writers Review: Guest review by Anna Wilson: UNSHELTERED by Barbara KingsolverLinda Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378908274663919794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658474694942339787.post-12783845220863749122019-03-05T13:00:10.833+00:002019-03-05T13:00:10.833+00:00I had really mixed feelings about this one. . . an...I had really mixed feelings about this one. . . and I fell heavily for Kingsolver on first reading of The Bean Trees when it came out. (When even was that?) But this was too schematic for me, too obvious, and yes, as you say, Anna, too soapboxy. It felt as though Kingsolver had fallen too hard for her research material. Maybe better as a book of the week than in full! Enjoyed the review though, which made me feel that perhaps I'd been too harsh.Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658474694942339787.post-79467021334052170642019-03-05T08:41:33.918+00:002019-03-05T08:41:33.918+00:00Yet another one for my heap, Anna! I enjoyed heari...Yet another one for my heap, Anna! I enjoyed hearing this as a Radio 4 book of the week.Linda Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378908274663919794noreply@blogger.com