Jules Olszewski’s Reviews > The Overstory > Status Update

we’re cashing in a billion years of planetary savings bonds and blowing it on assorted bling. read with bee on my lap

A few months has passed since Maidenhair’s death, caught uk with Neelay, Douglas, Adam, Nick, and read the portion with tragic Alan and Dorthy aloud to Abby the other night. Nick has been keeping up with his environmental actions while also being haunted by Liv and working at a book factory lol, while the rest are kind of struggling to readjust.

Holy shit Maidenhair died in an explosion, v intense. Starting final section titled “Crown”

“Earth will be monetized until all trees grow in straight lines, three people own all seven continents, and every large organism is bred to be slaughtered.” 348

Mother Nature and Moses are murdered by bomb at the office. Maidenhair Adam and Watchman must descend after getting assaulted by helicopter and a determined bulldozer crew below

adam goes up to maidenhair and watchmen, he comes to terms with the fact that his study and data gathering must completely change, read while waiting for abby at the train station

i liked the section about neelay walking his father through his built world as vishnu and a beggar together in that moment but never to meet in person again. also douglas and mimi get pepper sprayed and assaulted by the police after chaining themselves to a pillar with 7 others in the headquarters

wind tears through mimas crown, dr patricia westerfield goes to court as expert tree witness and there are some great sections.
“but if you want next century’s soil, if you want pure water, if you want variety and health, if you want stabilizers and services we can’t even measure, then be patient and let the forest give slowly.”

Big-brained, altruistic, animal con artists who managed to block a state highway for a while and make it seem like wild things might have their way.