A week ago I finished and reviewed this week and gave it 4 stars originally. But I have thought about this book every day since. Mostly, I've thought about just how much I enjoyed the writing! But this story and reading experience really grabbed me and I am craving books with the same literary magic now. So I'm upping my review to 5 stars!

Here's what I originally wrote...

I read this for a challenge which is to read all 10 nominated titles for the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Evergreen Award. Honestly, just from the blurb and the size of this book, I predicted it would be a DNF. I was wrong. Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed this book and actually found that I would be craving time to read it during my busy days.

Greenwood is a long, language-driven story that is about trees, a multi-generational family, and the events that occur to one family and all of it's members over time. It's about blood family, and chosen family. Christie's writing is wonderful and from the first few pages I was sucked into the beautiful storytelling that was taking place on the pages. I also credit Christie with writing very short chapters, because it propels you to keep reading, and I think that's key in a book that is almost 500 pages in length.

This story is told in such a unique way, spanning multiple generations - starting in 2038 and going back to 1908 and then forward again. I've never experienced a read like it before.

This unexpected reading experience has led me to the understanding that my reading tastes have developed over time. This was truly a lovely book.