![]() As others have said, it just doesn't seem to go anywhere, and the characters are pretty boring. Even with better narration, I think I would have stopped. I guess I didn't read them before I bought the book, and maybe a couple were posted after my purchase, but I have to agree with all the negative comments. After being bored for the next 3 or 4 hours, I took a look at the reviews here. The first hour was pretty interesting, in spite of the narration, which I found grating and monotonous, and the accents were all wrong. So I looked forward with great anticipation to listen to the Bean Trees. Then I listened to Prodigal Summer, and though it was completely different, I was engrossed from the start, though it took me a bit to get used to Ms Kingsolver's narration, once I did I found I liked her reading very much. ![]() I first listened to the Poisonwood Bible and was gripped from the beginning by the story and the wonderful narration. The Bean Trees draws from many of the experiences of its author, Barbara Kingsolver, whose personal life and academic training provide some of the background for the novel.The novel is not autobiographical, but there are numerous parallels between Kingsolver and the narrator, Taylor Greer. ![]()
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