Reviews

Greenwood by Michael Christie

bookmaven17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

erin99's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

marlisphillips's review against another edition

2.0

What a depressing slog.

ames's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

samhanson's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

gentlepine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

5.0

sarahepierce's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

alissaarchibald's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

ratkowe's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

The time jumps both worked and didn't for me. I liked how we went back in time and switched to going forward. But we spend so much time with some characters (300 pages vs 60) only for most of the story to not really matter in the end. The stories were also vastly different and it felt disjointed. It may be the point of the story but I didn’t enjoy it.

Yet, the throughline of trees and nature and community were enchanting and the prose was beautiful at times. Overall I think the story was fine for me and I can see why some people love it.

druy10's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25