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Liked It “Dillard directs a clear, non-judgemental eye on events and social interactions. She catches vain anxiety in the description of a Douglas fir carefully nurtured all across the continent in a wagon train (perhaps there are no trees there). She describes a cool cruelty among native Americans. She...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Dillard directs a clear, non-judgemental eye on events and social interactions. She catches vain anxiety in the description of a Douglas fir carefully nurtured all across the continent in a wagon train (perhaps there are no trees there). She describes a cool cruelty among native Americans. She creates an immortal voice for an old woman who crossed the continent, losing a child killed under the wagon wheels in the process, who helped build a life and a town in an inhabited wilderness, who compares the turning of the generations to the action of a harrow . . . ”
Carol M wrote this review Sunday, July 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Only made it about a third of the way through. While the story does interest me and the writing style isn't terrible, I just can't get into it right now. Perhaps I'll try it again later.”
Jess wrote this review Sunday, May 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An absorbing summer read, with all shades of human emotion and green trees. Explains the white settling of the Pacific Northwest in graphic, even sociopathic, terms.”
Deni H wrote this review Friday, May 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“First, Annie Dillard is a better essayist than novelist. But this is a big, ambitious story. The Pacific Northwest setting appealed to me, of course, as did the historical context of the earliest loggers in our NW woods. The book is a little slow to develop but overall, I'd say it is worth a patient read.”
Lisa B wrote this review Tuesday, March 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I stumbled on this over the summer. It's a historical fictional piece that tells the tale of several people who settled the Pacific Northwest territry of the US. I wasn't sure if I would stick with it but it was a great book full of real life tradegy and happiness!”
kirsten f wrote this review Sunday, January 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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