Caroline Bock's Blog: Caroline Anna Bock Writes - Posts Tagged "diverse-characters"

If you like speculative fiction rooted in realism, if you like a bit of magic realism, if you ever stood in a forest and wondered about the vitality of trees, this debut novel, TreeVolution, is for you. Set in the Pacific Northwest, with three rotating main characters-- researcher Tamia, Native American Charlie, and young Ricky-- something is immediately very wrong. The pines, cottonwoods, beautiful trees are under attack by poachers.
TreeVolution
The pines, cottonwoods, all the trees are under attack by poachers. Even more so, the trees are aware they are under attack-- and are readying to fight back. I particularly loved the complicated Charlie, as he searches for answers to his own past, his own history and stories, as well as clues to his future and the future of the trees.

I would have love to see the enemy -- ArborTech-- poachers -- developers-- more dramatically drawn out. I wanted to feel the trees danger at points. I wanted to look into the eyes of their enemies.

Ultimately, I cheered on TreeVolution, for its ideas and its story. I rooted for Charlie, and all the characters, and most of all, I rooted for the trees.

--Caroline