A review by balfies
The Overstory by Richard Powers

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

A sweeping ecology of characters explore their relationships to and defense of trees - through academia, through science, through technology, through art, through eco-terrorism, through time. An astonishing, beautiful novel, genuinely a bit life changing (although I found the denouement a bit weaker than the rest).
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