Sea of Trees reviewed by Cee Martinez

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Sea of Trees was reviewed by Cee Martinez at her blog:

“The prose is compassionate and achingly accurate to anyone who has suffered a serious bout of depression. The tales of the sufferers vary from those driven to sadness by their own mistakes, others by the coldness of their environment, and in others it’s the monster living deep within them from birth. I found passages of it so affecting it was like staring into a cold, clouded mirror I’ve been running from my entire life.”

Thanks for the review, Cee!

Sea of Trees reviewed at Mud Schematic

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C.J. Opperthauser, who created the fantastic micro-review/interview site Mud Schematic, reviewed Sea of Trees:

“Here the length serves to tease the reader instead of making an easy exit, and the intertwining stories/narratives/voices add to this teasing and result in a different type of tenstion/propulsion. It’s not quite like anything I’ve read before; It’s quick, unique, and definitely worth checking out.”

Thanks, C.J.!

Sea of Trees reviewed at Read React Review

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Jessica Tripler reviewed Sea of Trees at her blog Read React Review. Here’s a preview:

“Russell does a good job resisting the lure of cultural essentialism. Although Junko points out that ‘We are a very proud people. Very traditional in many ways. It is very hard for some to live with themselves after they have done something so horrible,’ the novella as a whole presents suicide as it in fact is: a complex phenomenon with psychological, situational, cultural, and, yes, aesthetic elements.”

Thanks for the review, Jessica!