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littletaiko 's review for:
Harry's Trees
by Jon Cohen
As a general rule there are two things that I don't enjoy in books: magical realism and precocious children. So it's an achievement that I actually rated this book 3 stars given my preferences. Harry is a widower who loves trees and feels guilty about his wife's death. Amanda is a widow and her young daughter Oriana is dealing with her grief with an obsessive interest in fairy tales. The first few chapters had me rolling my eyes but then I wrapped my ahead around the fact that it was supposed to a kind of fairy tale and went with it. The "bad" characters are ridiculous and the "good" characters are almost too good to be true. Loved Amanda as she was pretty much the only voice of reason in this book. Oh Olive and Ronnie won places in my heart as well. Happy that I read it mainly for a really lovely scene at the end involving the local library.