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Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
5.0
This book is so complicated. I loved it!
New Zealand + Government Research + Ecology + Politics + Character study + Mystery = Amazing plot!
The title of the book comes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. So, tragedy is coming. It’s inevitable.
Who? Why? When? How?
This book is like a terrible car crash on a six lane interstate highway. But, before that happens the road has to be built, the cars need to be on the road and we need to know why each car will be there at that moment of the crash.
This is a very slow burn. Patience is key. The payoff is worth it. Amazing writing.
For the majority of the book it’s divided into eight character’s different point of view in each chapter.
Plus there are many other characters mentioned or interacting with these main characters. It’s built around who the characters think they are or who they are trying to convince other people they are. What they stand for. What they want. Idealism vs cynicism. Opportunism vs Denial. With a very sinister plot twist, that had me stunned. Dark and horrific and yet achingly authentic.
“The wrong think to do is often much clearer. Wrong is easier to see than right. The real choices in your life aren’t right vs easy but wrong vs hard.”
New Zealand + Government Research + Ecology + Politics + Character study + Mystery = Amazing plot!
The title of the book comes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. So, tragedy is coming. It’s inevitable.
Who? Why? When? How?
This book is like a terrible car crash on a six lane interstate highway. But, before that happens the road has to be built, the cars need to be on the road and we need to know why each car will be there at that moment of the crash.
This is a very slow burn. Patience is key. The payoff is worth it. Amazing writing.
For the majority of the book it’s divided into eight character’s different point of view in each chapter.
Plus there are many other characters mentioned or interacting with these main characters. It’s built around who the characters think they are or who they are trying to convince other people they are. What they stand for. What they want. Idealism vs cynicism. Opportunism vs Denial. With a very sinister plot twist, that had me stunned. Dark and horrific and yet achingly authentic.
“The wrong think to do is often much clearer. Wrong is easier to see than right. The real choices in your life aren’t right vs easy but wrong vs hard.”