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A review by alomie
The Overstory by Richard Powers
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was a completley and utterly devestating.
It starts out as short stories that introduce all of the main players in the books but then it changes into a book that shows just how interconnected we all are.
This story is about Trees and one groups mission to save them, another groups mission to educative and another to learn. All with the same startling knowledge that we need to save the trees to save ourselves.
An eco message, that shouts "save the trees". In parts I think it possibly came across a little bit preachy, like we get it, but the way all of this is intertwined is just very clever.
It's a bloody beautiful, hopeful poetic and heartbreaking book and absolutely worth a read, I can easily see this being in my top books of the year if not of all time.
It starts out as short stories that introduce all of the main players in the books but then it changes into a book that shows just how interconnected we all are.
This story is about Trees and one groups mission to save them, another groups mission to educative and another to learn. All with the same startling knowledge that we need to save the trees to save ourselves.
An eco message, that shouts "save the trees". In parts I think it possibly came across a little bit preachy, like we get it, but the way all of this is intertwined is just very clever.
It's a bloody beautiful, hopeful poetic and heartbreaking book and absolutely worth a read, I can easily see this being in my top books of the year if not of all time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide