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A review by jthunderrr
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
5.0
I count Catton’s The Luminaries as one of my favorite books of all time, so I was so excited to read her latest novel. I was not disappointed.
This is a slow burn, character driven novel that starts slow and builds into a thrilling page turner in the last quarter of the book.
Catton knows her characters well which makes for a delightful and compelling read.
I’m sure Shakespeare aficionados will find some more sophisticated call backs to Macbeth than I picked up on. Catton has crafted a wry 21st century tragedy that explores our absorption with our inner worlds in the landscape of late stage capitalism.
This is a slow burn, character driven novel that starts slow and builds into a thrilling page turner in the last quarter of the book.
Catton knows her characters well which makes for a delightful and compelling read.
I’m sure Shakespeare aficionados will find some more sophisticated call backs to Macbeth than I picked up on. Catton has crafted a wry 21st century tragedy that explores our absorption with our inner worlds in the landscape of late stage capitalism.