Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

480 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Description

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, they plant crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in fo...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,338 reviews

Moods

tense 78%
dark 76%
mysterious 62%
adventurous 40%
challenging 33%
reflective 17%
emotional 11%
sad 10%
funny 9%
informative 9%
hopeful 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 21%
fast 20%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 63% | Plot: 18% | Character: 17%

Strong character development?

Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 24%

Loveable characters?

No: 54% | It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 69% | Yes: 19% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 77% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 6%

Average rating

4.01

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