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nataliepithers 's review for:
The Trees
by Percival Everett
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wow, what a book. I am going to be thinking about this story for a long long time. It is quite something to find yourself both laughing out loud and horrified and appalled all within the same page of text.
The imagining of Trump was just brilliant, so funny and yet so poignant and infuriating (to put it very mildly).
This is one of those books that as soon as you finish it you have to go and google and read other interpretations and thoughts. You wonder what you’ve missed, or how others have viewed the plot points, characters, themes and so on.
This is the 2nd Everett novel I’ve read this year and just devoured within a day or two. I’m certainly going to be reading more.
The imagining of Trump was just brilliant, so funny and yet so poignant and infuriating (to put it very mildly).
This is one of those books that as soon as you finish it you have to go and google and read other interpretations and thoughts. You wonder what you’ve missed, or how others have viewed the plot points, characters, themes and so on.
This is the 2nd Everett novel I’ve read this year and just devoured within a day or two. I’m certainly going to be reading more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder