Reviews

The Trees by Percival Everett

heathssm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lellephantine's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

juliepe33's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

adamgn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lous_world's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lqueijo's review against another edition

3.0

Num tom verdadeiramente sarcástico este livro é uma sátira focada no racismo americano. Descreve situações que de tão caricatas se tornam hilariantes. Há que dar o devido mérito a Percival Everett. Porém, a repetição dos casos tornam-no bastante maçador, à medida que a leitura evolui, até ao “non sense” final. No meu caso, que tinha elevadas expectativas, não cumpriu com o esperado.
E a tradução… meu Deus… que tradução. Acho que a classificação reflete mais a indignação acerca de uma tradução para a qual me falta adjectivação do acerca da narrativa.
Lê-se.

mvedaoust's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I thought I would love this book as the beginning was so well written.. funny, mysterious & historical.  The first half had me wanting to keep reading all night.  About halfway through it got monotonous and then went totally off the rails and lost the focus & had a sci-fi ending.  I feel like the conclusion was a rush job.  I was very disappointed.. the start was so well developed, but
then just fell apart to a sc-fi political statement. 

random_pages's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ronpayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Everett weaponizes cliches, rotates through genres in ways that never allows the reader a solid footing, and hits hard with black humor all in a book dedicated to asking the reader why the long and ongoing history of racial violence in America is allowed to constantly be swept under rug. And it's a damn good question. Great book. Everett is quickly becoming a favorite author. 

psj7713's review

challenging dark funny informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0