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lanid's review
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, and Drug use
joshwrose's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
I bought this book because of Canada Reads and I'm convinced that Keegan Connor Tracy did it a disservice. She mentioned after Greenwood was eliminated that she knew this book wasn't right for the competition's theme of Shifting Perspective yet defended it because she believed it was a book that all of Canada should read. Even in that regard, she spoiled some of the ending of the book, I think she truly misunderstood the characters and the ending.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Addiction, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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