A review by benplatt
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

4.0

A slower burn, more character-focused piece of eco-fiction than I expected, but still a remarkably immersive look at a fading redwood logging community in Northern California being slowly, relentlessly worn down by forces that are much bigger than anyone is equipped to handle and feel inevitable. Davidson's writing implies an intimate familiarity with all the details of life in a town like this, and even though the cast of characters was often a little too large for my memory to hold onto, and I had to adjust to the slow pace, the gut punches by the end land with a hell of a force, even if they look inevitable in hindsight.