A review by sadpear
Goldenseal by Maria Hummel

emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Luxurious in a way that much literary fiction does not allow itself to be, this book gives a finely textured portrait of friendship and a vanishing world. As it slips from past to present, it mimics the quality of memory and reverie.