A review by han_reardonsmith
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A Shakespearean tragedy told in Austenian internal dialogue by a cast of flawed and largely unlikeable characters — not least because of this being an overwhelmingly white cast playing out their dramas and fantasies of climate apocalypse and hero narratives/saviour complexes on stolen land in colonial-settler New Zealand.
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