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A review by mirandaleighhhh
Greenwood by Michael Christie
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
I am impressed with the authors ability to weave together the lives of the individuals in a family over the span of so many years, it was an incredibly detailed account. The writing, especially the forest imagery, was beautiful.
That being said…it took me a long time to get through this, and I was surprised at how little we got of Jacinda’s story, and how little we got to know about the future (but hey, maybe that’s the point?).
I think I was a little bored reading so much about the thinkings and doings of rich men. I loved reading about Everrett though, and Temple was fantastic as well.
“though formal research has surely been done, somewhere, scientists are no longer sharing freely sharing their findings since the rise of environmental nationalism and the end of the free internet” horrifying horrifying so close to reality
“perhaps goddess, monster, mother, and guardian forged into one impossible figure”
“wood is time captured. A map. A cellular memory, a record.”
“the world has been on the brink of ending before. the dust has always been waiting to swallow us. people have always struggled and suffered. your poverty is not shameful. It is not a failure of your character. life, by its very nature, is precarious. and your struggles are never for nothing.”
“now every time the wind blows through its blossoms I see you in the shimmer…I do not want you because you are mine. I want you because I am yours”
That being said…it took me a long time to get through this, and I was surprised at how little we got of Jacinda’s story, and how little we got to know about the future (but hey, maybe that’s the point?).
I think I was a little bored reading so much about the thinkings and doings of rich men. I loved reading about Everrett though, and Temple was fantastic as well.
“though formal research has surely been done, somewhere, scientists are no longer sharing freely sharing their findings since the rise of environmental nationalism and the end of the free internet” horrifying horrifying so close to reality
“perhaps goddess, monster, mother, and guardian forged into one impossible figure”
“wood is time captured. A map. A cellular memory, a record.”
“the world has been on the brink of ending before. the dust has always been waiting to swallow us. people have always struggled and suffered. your poverty is not shameful. It is not a failure of your character. life, by its very nature, is precarious. and your struggles are never for nothing.”
“now every time the wind blows through its blossoms I see you in the shimmer…I do not want you because you are mine. I want you because I am yours”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Death of parent