A review by bobbygw
The Trees by Percival Everett

challenging dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely loved it. A blistering, unique satire of, and reckoning with, America's racism and brutal history of lynching, the characters - whether racist, radical or moderate, male or female, young or old - are vividly realised through crackling dialogue that captures each of their personalities. 

Many of the conversations, banter and sound bites are also incredibly laugh-out-loud funny and a sheer delight to read, while elsewhere it is at times disturbing, moving and righteously apocalyptic. Though it won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, it deserved many more. Highly recommended.
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