A review by adarre
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.5

I read this for school, so this is not a book I would normally read! There are moments in the book that clearly indicate a colonial legacy and highlight a not too far imperial past which is interesting to me and my research interests. I appreciated the imagery repetition of firs and birds. I don’t know what to do with that yet but it made the text poetic. Overall this felt like an ode to rural Maine. Very quiet, gentle, and at times maybe idealized.