A review by brookeam7
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Okay fr I’m giving my ecological thriller like 5 stars it was actually so good. Like so gripping and engaging. The characters were great and written so so so well and not like likeable characters but just so well fleshed out that you got to know them and root for them I will say the ‘villain’ was a bit like obvious but that really didn’t detract from the story it’s almost like that was the point. So well written, kinda funny at times and very well paced like I was turning the pages let me tell you. The ecological stuff I’m not gonna like didn’t understand the deeper political meanings of everything lol but again that did not detract from my enjoyment and honestly very interesting very good social commentary I would say bahahahah. If you ever feel like you want to try something different this was actually very very good