A review by brandoneckroth
North Woods by Daniel Mason

4.5

I always try to begin the year with a book from the top-ten list of the year prior. Out of those masterpieces, North Woods heightened my intrigue the most. And it did not disappoint. The variety in prose and narrative kept me turning page after page. Stories told from countless perspectives (strangers, friends, observers) in countless mediums (letters between lovers, first-person accounts of murder, 1900s true crime publications). All which make you fall in love with an orchard in the north woods of Massachusetts that opens the door to a whole new understanding of this world and the world that comes after.