Is a book about trees really that interesting?

In our opinion, for books to be great, they need to be one or the other. Today we discuss this acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner from 2019, which didn’t cause the same adoration for us, as it did for some readers. This book about trees, nature, and human destruction had the potential to be really good, but keep listening to find out why it wasn’t (in our non-expert opinions). 

This week, we read The Overstory by Richard Powers

Rebekah Sausmikat, who loves a good dose of horror and nature with her books, joins me today to discuss a book that was way overhyped on social media in our opinion. 

In this episode we cover: 

• How too many characters led to messy storylines. 
• Why this book should’ve stopped at 250 pages, and those last 150 pages really ruined the book for us. 
• Why the females in this book reminded Rebekah of fairy, pixie dream girls. 

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will leave you looking up at the trees and saying thank you, but also wondering why Richard Powers killed so many trees to print this pretentious book. 

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• The Blue Planet (TV Show)
• Annihilation (Movie)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  (Book)
• Ishmael (Book)

Drink Pairings: Lavender & Prosecco Drink, Créme de Violette, Bonterra Wines

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