The Island of Missing Trees

Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.

I often find it strange when a book the highlights the cruelty of war gets described as beautiful. This is a book about terrible things, and yet it feels weightless, it feels literary. I appreciate books that centre the existence of trees, and their strange and magical way of being in the world – but this is a less convincing account than Overstory. Nonetheless, I'm glad I read it. I learned a lot about Cyprus.