Greg S’s Reviews > The Island of Missing Trees > Status Update

That doesn’t make sense. And also horrible

Nah. It’s called being a bad listener. — “There was something childlike in the way grown-ups had a need for stories. They held a naive belief that by telling an inspiring anecdote…”

Arborist tries and mangles an explanation of…Depression, I think it was?

Now I’m curious about how much longer the author can keep using these vague pronouns, delay telling us, and continue with these allusions. I partly wish it would be the last sentence in the book just to see if she can do it.

Author uses triad archetypes of Patho, Ethos, and Logos, and has a chapter where Kostas lectures it back to us through his daughter like it’s a coincidence.

Rebel without a Cause, “Judy is convinced that her father ignores her because she is no longer a little girl,“

What is this chapter and why have this random socratic dialogue ?

Ah, the author put the blame on the voiceless dead. Classic.

As second generation myself, I must say I disagree and the author needs to stop these absolute statements. — “Meanwhile, the second generation chose to suppress the past, both what they knew and did not know of it.”

Ugh. I don’t know what the contemporary equivalent is, but having a picture of Elizabeth Taylor is low-hanging stereotype. Was it this, an episode of Will and Grace? — “Once, a wallet had been delivered to the lab. Inside, next to some coins and a key to an unknown lock, were photos of Elizabeth Taylor.”