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The Overstory

Richard Powers

4.14 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

The Overstory by Richard Powers - (5/5) Five tree huggers plus a few others learn to understand the language of trees and how humans alter the Earth.  
challenging emotional informative inspiring 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: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

stunning gorgeous life changing 

jdsreadingcorner's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

Did not connect with any of the characters 

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can’t even describe I wanted to savor every word
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated
hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes