Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Description

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice, on the ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 519 reviews

Moods

tense 82%
dark 74%
mysterious 60%
adventurous 42%
challenging 31%
reflective 19%
emotional 11%
funny 10%
sad 9%
informative 7%
hopeful 2%
inspiring 1%

Pace

medium 56%
fast 24%
slow 18%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 65% | Plot: 20% | Character: 13%

Strong character development?

Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 24%

Loveable characters?

No: 48% | It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 65% | Yes: 22% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 1%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 12% | No: 6%

Average rating

4.12

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