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battmutler 's review for:
The Overstory
by Richard Powers
The first part was incredible, and if it tied into something a bit less grandiose, I think the whole would have ended up better. The rest was a bit of a slog, particularly most of Trunk. It was long enough that I got to spend plenty of time with all of the characters, yet I still didn't find myself caring about them most of the time. I didn't feel like I knew them. Then again, I feel this way about most ensemble novels.
Patricia's monologues seem like an inelegant way for Powers to directly address the reader, or to coherently summarize the research he did - it's cumbersome and preachy.
Just because a species or an individual doesn't meet our standard criteria of "intelligence", that doesn't necessarily mean they're dumb. It probably just means we're not looking hard enough.
Patricia's monologues seem like an inelegant way for Powers to directly address the reader, or to coherently summarize the research he did - it's cumbersome and preachy.
Just because a species or an individual doesn't meet our standard criteria of "intelligence", that doesn't necessarily mean they're dumb. It probably just means we're not looking hard enough.