Sign Up | Log In

Write a Review
Post a Quick Tip
Create a List
Ask a Question
Create a Poll
Create a Community

Movies •Books •Music •Food •Tv Shows •Technology •Politics •Video Games •Parenting •Fashion •Green Living •more >

Lunch » Tags » Books » Reviews » Animal Dreams

Animal Dreams

2 Ratings: 4.0

A book by Barbara Kingsolver

"Kingsolver is a writer of rare ambition and unequivocal talent . . . Animal Dreams is a complex, passionate, bravely challenging book." ----Chicago Tribune

Tags: Books, Book, Cafe Libri, Fiction

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Genre: Literature & Fiction

Publisher: Harper Perennial

2 reviews about Animal Dreams

Showing 1-2 of 2

Sort by:

review by rwellsrwells. August 22, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Animal Dreams

Ok, I cried. Laughed, too, but books that can actually squeeze a tear out of me are few and far between - especially one's that aren't overtly manipulative. I waited a long time to read this - 19 years, in fact. I'm like that with some books. I know I'm going to read them, but the time has to be "right." In some cases like The Last Temptation of Christ that I carted around for ten years, "right" meant I had to mature as a reader … more

Comment Compliment

review by ZintaAistars. September 20, 2002

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Sweetening the Good Medicine

Kingsolver is an author who believes in more than just telling a story. She believes a story must leave the reader with expanded knowledge. A nasty spoonful of good medicine, it would seem to some readers, perhaps reading for the escapism alone... but I have no qualms with this whatsoever. Most of this author's lessons center on environmental and human rights issues. So teach me, Kingsolver, I am always willing to learn, to expand my mind in a new direction. Why should good literature not enlighten … more

Comment Compliment

What's your opinion on Animal Dreams?

rate