Nah, it's a seriously good book, and even quite gripping towards the end. The problem is that it's rather nihilistic. It's a lot like Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future -- but whereas Ministry had a certain warrior vitality (perhaps too much, too naïve,) I felt like The Overstory made a mockery of human efforts to affect positive change.
Nah, it's a seriously good book, and even quite gripping towards the end. The problem is that it's rather nihilistic. It's a lot like Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future -- but whereas Ministry had a certain warrior vitality (perhaps too much, too naïve,) I felt like The Overstory made a mockery of human efforts to affect positive change.