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A review by megswbooks
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
5.0
HO. LEE. MO. LEE!
The novel takes place in New Zealand, near the Korowai National Park. A guerrilla-style gardening collective and an American billionaire become partners of sorts at an unoccupied farm. There is a lot going on with all the characters, their seemingly changing motives, and socio-political diatribes.
At first I had a bit of trouble getting into the book- it takes a lot of time developing the characters. The dialogue can be abrupt, but there are also long ranting passages of that I found quite well written and entertaining.
Once the book got going, I was hooked…….and the ending!!!!! That’s all I’ll say.
Please just read it.
The novel takes place in New Zealand, near the Korowai National Park. A guerrilla-style gardening collective and an American billionaire become partners of sorts at an unoccupied farm. There is a lot going on with all the characters, their seemingly changing motives, and socio-political diatribes.
At first I had a bit of trouble getting into the book- it takes a lot of time developing the characters. The dialogue can be abrupt, but there are also long ranting passages of that I found quite well written and entertaining.
Once the book got going, I was hooked…….and the ending!!!!! That’s all I’ll say.
Please just read it.