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A review by singsthewren
Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
4.0
This book took me awhile to read, not because it wasn't excellent but because it felt a little hard to dive into the narrative for long stretches of time. The cyclical nature of the story and the merging and weaving storylines had a lot of natural stopping points, and I found myself wanting to put it down and think about what had just happened.
It's the first book I've read by King, and I adored how he wove in oral storytelling tradition into a novel structure. The characters were really well drawn, though I found all of their storylines to be depressing, which was a bit much. It was great to have Coyote to liven things up, and those sections were definitely my favourite part.
I'd definitely be interested in reading more of his work in the future, though I think you have to be in the right mood for something cerebral, a little depressing, but overall full of life and mischief.
It's the first book I've read by King, and I adored how he wove in oral storytelling tradition into a novel structure. The characters were really well drawn, though I found all of their storylines to be depressing, which was a bit much. It was great to have Coyote to liven things up, and those sections were definitely my favourite part.
I'd definitely be interested in reading more of his work in the future, though I think you have to be in the right mood for something cerebral, a little depressing, but overall full of life and mischief.