The Poisonwood Bible/YMMV

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  • Ending Fatigue: The epilogue is actually a sizeable portion of the book. It details the lives of all of the main characters over the next thirty years. The book really ends almost 37 years later with Mobutu's death.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Leah tends to be most readers' favorite character.
  • Freud Was Right: The scene where Leah has her first Malaria symptoms.
  • Tear Jerker: The death of Ruth May, viewed fourfold in the eyes of her sisters and mother.
  • The Woobie: EVERYONE. Particularly Orleanna.
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