The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, is the story of Taylor Greer and her struggle to find a place to belong. Like Kingsolver, Taylor began her journey in Kentucky and ended in Tucson, Arizona. As a result of writing The Bean Trees, Kingsolver has been praised by many critics. The San Francisco Chronicle called the writing in The Bean Trees, "…so wry and wise we wish it would never end…". I could not wait for …showed first 75 words of 956 total…

…showed last 75 words of 956 total…Taylor Greer, as a heroin, the randomly placed offensive material in the text, and her decision to spend the first five chapters confusing and boring her readers. I found this book to be a waste of my time. I did not enjoy reading it and feel that I have gained nothing but useless information from this experience. I would strongly recommend The Bean Trees be used as an example of good writing gone terribly wrong.