Gregory Luckert’s Reviews > The Overstory > Status Update

Into "Trunk" after picking this one back up. The storylines are starting to intertwine. I love Patricia Westerford chapter. She's my favorite character. I keep putting this one down because it's going to be about the activists who take on names like "Butterfly" and live in trees, to keep them from being chopped down. That seems a dull way to end such an interesting narrative.

"Neelay Mehta". I remember why i gave up on this one from this chapter. Premise and characters don't fit. This is going to be about sentient trees, isn't it?. The author clearly never coded before - double FOR loop is a revelation. Mountain View is not mid-Peninsula. The reminder that ensenada means live oak was nice.

Roots - Ray & Dorothy. I love this couple but remember it turns out bad somehow. The significance of oaks in their relationship struck me.

Adam Apich. Totally forgot about this chapter. Although, I remember relating to it now. This is the tech entrepreneur guy I think.

Roots - Mimi Ma. I forgot her father commits suicide. Also, I forgot how "unstuck in time" this novel is. This chapter is very good. Telling the story in snapshots.

Roots - Nicholas Hoel. Now I remember why I dropped this one years ago. I wanted to read a physical copy because it is dense and requires rumination. We are intro'd to Nick. We learn about his family and see them suffocated in their Iowa home from CO2 emissions from space header.