The Overstory

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This book has a really interesting structure, initially feeling more like a collection of short stories more than a novel. The trees are really the starring characters for me. The human characters are messy, mostly interesting people, and you definitely feel for them. But a few things bugged me. The writing of the female characters is a little off. Events related to the movement to save the redwoods were sometimes WAY overdramatized, but also the conservation wins are obscured. I kind of wish it had stuck closer to the true history. For full review:https://ajungleoftales.blogspot.com/2020/12/first-impressions-review-overstory-by.html

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This is the best book I've ever read in my life! It was so moving I could only read a little bit at a time. It knocked down 100 years of Solitude and Winters Tale