A review by daisymoffit
The Overstory by Richard Powers

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A beautifully written ode to nature, told in pieces through the lives of complex characters. Such a gorgeous writing style -almost felt like reading poetry at times. It is long, but that's almost part of the book's message too. There were a few parts where I was yanked back into reality because I could tell a man wrote this because of the weird unnecessary ways he wrote about women- but that's really my only grievance with the book. Enjoyed- feel smarter for it.