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Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

3.91 AVERAGE

t41's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very slow for first two thirds then felt rushed.

mmeg3's review

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mary26's review

5.0

This was an usual book for me to read. Its a political thriller - political in the wider sense. Birnam wood is a gardening collective in New Zealand - they take over spare pieces of land and plant and cultivate vegetables. All very young and idealistic, after a chance meeting with billionaire Lemoine, Mira the founder enters into a strange alliance. The ending was shocking to say the least.

claire_pardo's review

4.0

An interesting book with multiple twists I did not see coming - especially the ending!! I like the critique of the characters on the left and sparked interesting discussions with others who have read the book.