The Overstory by Richard Powers is a book that just has wonderful reviews.
Started: 8/18/2020
Completed: 8/24/2020
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
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Review:
Gotta love any book that references Flatland or The Lord of the Rings, but this has both! I read Galatea 2.0 before I started keeping this blog, so I had a sense for Powers' prose. I should have guessed that his bent would lead towards environmentalism, but, for some reason, I thought this would be a science fiction type of book. It is not.
This book leaves enough for the future that it seems as though a sequel is intended. On the other hand, it is reasonable that the author would leave this story partly told. Powers does a good job of weaving together a bunch of people, making them all individuals, and making it clear who is doing the thinking when. The book is a tapestry of ideas with a wide range of perspectives on what is broadly the same problem. There is definitely a bias, but that is to be expected from someone who likes to tell a story, not just document lives or occasions. This was a good read and well worth the time.
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