![]() ![]() There is no interest in the deeper layers of anything - morality, love, the Amazon, the tribe, humanity, literature. I felt she had no idea what she was writing about, emotionally or scientifically or morally or from a strictly narrative point of view. I did not buy the love relationship I did not buy the guilt I intensely disbelieved the revealing discussion between the older and younger scientist on morals and science and staying on in the jungle. Written by Ann Patchett, it's a mishmash of doubtful science and implausible emotions mixed into a very creaky narrative. Had it been written by Sandra Brown, whom I neither respect nor like, it would not have pretended to be something it's not. ![]() Had this been written by Barbara Kingsolver, whom I don't especially love, but do respect, this novel would have made sense from a narrative and logical and emotional point of view. I had liked Belcanto and so I went on and read another one by this Barbara Kingsolver-cum-Sandra Brown author. ![]()
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