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Book Review of The Lacuna

The Lacuna
The Lacuna
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


Not my favorite Kingsolver book. A bit plodding - it should have been shortened up quite a bit. And it needed more of a plot line - a reason to keep picking it up. It was just the protagonist's life. There were multiple crises, but I just didn't care about any of it.

And the final crisis in front of the HUAC, was almost predictable from the early stages of the book. And again, I was just irritated.

For a character that lived through such interesting times, his life story left me flat.

I'm still a Kingsolver fan, and I have high hopes for her next effort.