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lanid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, and Drug use
hannxm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Death, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Alcohol
Minor: War, Cancer, Terminal illness, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death
mandi_lea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, War, Addiction, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Blood, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
cday13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The future Christie developed seems like it could be very realistic (almost too realistic). His commentaries on climate change, deforestation, and societal disinterest is timely, although did feel a little preachy at times.
I was never bored while reading. Although I found the "mystery" to be very obvious, I still enjoyed the pacing of its rollout. The ending is depressing (with a tiny sliver of hope), and left me with an increased sense of urgency to ensure that future does not come to pass.
I was able to connect to each of the characters in different ways. They were all fully fleshed out and their motivations, strengths, and weaknesses were believable and realistic.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: War and Homophobia
gomoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse
Minor: War and Homophobia
hamstringy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Colonisation
Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent
reading_rainbows's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse
auraroraora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Infidelity
Minor: Sexual harassment and Physical abuse
zombiewilhelm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book follows the Greenwood family stretching through generations, from 1908 with Everett and Harris Greenwood struggling to survive to 2034 with Jake Greenwood, a young woman trying to pay off her student debt in a world that's been ravaged by the Withering.
I found this family saga to be equal parts interesting and horrifying. Everyone in this book has their own trauma that they are working through. PTSD stemming from the war, addiction, crushing student debt, worldwide climate crisis, the Dustbowl, a secret gay relationship during the early 19th century, etc. All of the characters are desperately searching for something in their lives. It was a pleasure to join them on their journeys even if they didn't ultimately find what they were looking for. I think the craziest part of this family saga is that most of the characters aren't actually biologically related.
Moderate: Addiction and Classism
Minor: War
joshwrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Still, this is a very good book worth reading, even if I feel that the author didn't devote enough words to give a voice to indigenous wisdom. He touches a few times about how colonization and capitalism has harmed nature, and how white people stole the land from indigenous tribes, but that was all.
In the end, Greenwood is a "true" story about family and humanity's relationship to trees.
Minor: Death, Addiction, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic