4.25k reviews for:

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

3.91 AVERAGE

cmlls's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

darcyfromsummerhill's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

heyitschessa's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was super divisive in my book club - people felt very strongly about it! It was a slow start but I quite liked it. It's kind of a sneaky thriller... If you weren't expecting a thriller it keeps a good disguise as modern fiction for a long time.

It surprised me and also left a lot of unanswered questions. Definitely not for everyone. If you can't get into a book if you don't like the characters, this one might not be for you. It's full of unlikeable people. 

stillmsp's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative 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

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If you enjoyed Monkey Wrench Gang or Pynchon, you might like this future cult classic.

mushypeasonearth's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really enjoyed this- timely, tense, well written and well plotted 

kimcim3's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5

crazylisa's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

keltaklo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hypatia13's review against another edition

3.5

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An interesting story, although pretty much all of the characters are supremely unlikeable. 

lena_kellogg's review against another edition

2.0

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y’all what the heck was that