Flight Behavior

(I thought I was taking a break. From reading about tribalism, morality, ignorance, doom. But evidently Kingsolver has been reading the same books I have and wanted to use her voice to spread the awareness. So although this wasn't the break I wanted, it served as an important wake-up call: these problems won't go away just because I stop thinking about them.)

As for the book: beautiful, as is all the Kingsolver I've read. Her language is just so vivid. Few writers get me to stop and reread (to relish) as much as she does. Flight Behavior felt different from other works of her I've read. I found its overall tone melancholic, suffused with loss. Not resigned, just ... sorrowful over lost life and lost opportunities. This is a lovely book and an important one. I wonder if it'll reach its audience.