Saturday, June 13, 2020

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Yawn. This is the story of the deforestation of the North American continent, from its settlement in the 1600s.  I read about the first 100 pages and dropped it.   Maybe the fact of it being a recent mini-series made me feel like I was reading a screen script.  I think I'd read previous books by the author (Shipping News) but I have no record of doing so.  I found the writing plodding, the detailed descriptions endless and the characters uninteresting.  Looking at another several hundred pages, I decided there were other reads to pursue.  


Published: 2016  Read:  did not finish    2020  Genre: Historical fiction

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