A review by eleana
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Not great, not terrible. The characters are all unfortunately very unlikeable. The plot is very slow, nothing actually happens until halfway through the book,it's just characters talking about what will happen. The writings style itself was not great either, lots of very long rambly sentences. The characters, though annoying, were reasonably realistic and fleshed out (though I don't think we get much physical description for a lot of our characters). The ending also felt incredibly rushed. So many characters storylines unresolved. All happens in 5 pages, feels like the author got bored