The Overstory

Review

I was saddened by how much I disliked this book. The major issue for me was that Powers' writing style overshadowed any hope of the characters' interiority; it was far too omniscient and didactic to be compelling.

The boy sits frozen by possibility. They can release any process they want into the world, any kind of willful thing. The only impossible thing is how to choose.

His mother calls from the kitchen. ‘Teach it to cook the bhindi, please.’