Arboreality

This book, like the short story it started out as, hurt my heart but also made me hopeful. We tend to go about our lives not thinking too much about climate change, because if we did we'd be sad all the time. But it's still good to think about it sometimes, to let ourselves feel the pain of it. And t......more

This is one of those 'I don't know how I feel about this book' awkward moments. On the one hand, some things really worked for me and gave me goosebumps and heart feels. On the other, it constantly felt like there was something missing engagement-wise. Prose-wise, it's one of those books that seems......more

I'm the first to rate and review this one. Let's do this... I’ve never read the short story that inspired this novelization, so this review has no frame of comparison. Instead, I approached this as an original read and, as such, found it quite good. I’ve read a book by this press before – a Canadian o......more

A climate change novella set on Vancouver island. Beginning in the near future, the book is interconnected short stories in different generations and finishes around 2100. As an isolated community survival revolves around learning, adaptation and scavenging but there’s time for music and poetry. So......more

I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book, but Campbell really pulled off multiple perspectives in a short book, which is no small feat. I was anxious about how well head hopping across time would work without something the length of a Sandersonesque tome, but by keeping the geographic scope......more