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| Original Title: | The Trees |
| ISBN: | 1408862247 (ISBN13: 9781408862247) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://bloomsbury.com/uk/the-trees-9781408862247/ |
Ali Shaw
Hardcover | Pages: 488 pages Rating: 3.74 | 2140 Users | 367 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Trees |
| Author | : | Ali Shaw |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 488 pages |
| Published | : | March 10th 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Magical Realism. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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There came an elastic aftershock of creaks and groans and then, softly softly, a chinking shower of rubbled cement. Leaves calmed and trunks stood serene. Where, not a minute before, there had been a suburb, there was now only woodland standing amid ruins…There is no warning. No chance to prepare.
They arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed. Broken bodies, still wrapped in tattered bed linen, hang among the twitching leaves.
Adrien Thomas has never been much of a hero. But when he realises that no help is coming, he ventures out into this unrecognisable world. Michelle, his wife, is across the sea in Ireland and he has no way of knowing whether the trees have come for her too.
Then Adrien meets green-fingered Hannah and her teenage son Seb. Together, they set out to find Hannah’s forester brother, to reunite Adrien with his wife – and to discover just how deep the forest goes.
Their journey will take them to a place of terrible beauty and violence, to the dark heart of nature and the darkness inside themselves.
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Ratings: 3.74 From 2140 Users | 367 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books The Trees
2.5 stars!!You cant wait for the world to be perfect before you start living in it. Part apocalyptic and part magical-realism, The Trees is truly unlike any book I have ever read. Too bad the characters were annoying af. They were good characters, in the sense that they were very real, very well fleshed out but oh so annoying. It all makes sense in the end but it made reading the whole book a chore. If I weren't so curious about the ending I wouldn't have bothered with finishing it.The mainThe Trees is an interesting mix of (post)apocalypse and magical realism. I think you really have to dig magical realism to like it, which I do and which is the reason why I absolutely loved the last 100 pages which very wonderfully strange.This book is mostly about the characters rethinking their past life and relationships and while it took me some time to actually care about the characters, I loved what a diverse group of characters it was, characters who all led very different lives before
4,5. I'm here for the ecocriticism, first time I thought Tarantino-style violence added something to a narrative, great characters, believable fantasy, just a really good read. The only thing that hindered me in enjoying it was the typeface and margins - the book felt a little too dense, even though it was a fast-paced read.
The Trees is one of those novels that is difficult to define. The trees themselves bring the apocalyptic element. The journey Adrien, Hannah, and Seb take brings the adventure. Hannahs penchant for nature stimulates plenty of philosophical discussions. There is a whole element of suspense as you wonder if Adrien will ever see his wife again. Then, there is the fantasy with magic and mythical beasts and an ancient creature that causes people to go insane upon seeing it. In other words, it is a
Over night fully-grown trees appear; possibly destroying your house. Initially, this audiobook kept me awake with interest in what had caused this phenomenon, how our protagonists would cope with their new lives. Gradually though the story seemed to lose me. Some of the casual violence was particularly gruesome and unpleasant to hear. Also, the story focused more on the relationships between characters rather than why there was s huge forest and strange forest-people.
4 and a half stars, rounded up to 5.Does nature actually care about you? Is it as gentle as a bunch of adorable hippies and vegetarians would have us believe? Or is it cruel, cold and sick of you and your shit and your baffling attempts to restrict, tame, organize and domesticate it?Lets be honest here: I totally succumbed to the holy cow, this book has a gorgeous cover, I wants it! urge. Granted, that urge was backed by the idea of a very unique apocalyptic tale, albeit one where trees sprout
Walden meets the apocalypse.Don't read this book. You will complain that there is no plot, and it's true, there isn't much, not really. It's entirely allegorical, and you hate allegorical books. You will be irritated by the characters: one full of daffy, unrealistic optimism, one self-pitying and full of so much inertia he can barely move. You will hate that it isn't grounded in real possibility, because what is possibly real about millions of trees sprouting full grown from the soil overnight?
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