A review by xtie
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by Lauren Redniss

3.0

A 3.5. Gorgeous illustrations that I think carried the text in lots of places — I didn’t find her writing style as colourful as the illos and often the narrative got lost entirely (and ended particularly weakly). Begs the question of what is the purpose of this writing — is it a piece of journalism? A call to arms? It feels like neither, and that feels inappropriate given that the subject matter it’s trying to highlight (And the title!) suggests there is a thing to be done and a claim to be supported. What is the author doing after writing this book to galvanise support for the San Carlos Apache ?