Novels are fiction, we’ve all been told. Yet great novels are truth. This is a great novel.

It’s sad and informative and explains a history through the eyes of several groups that impacted North American forests, sending the reader through different worlds at different periods. It touches anyone who cares about the environment in a way few other stories do.

I could hardly wait to read this book. I usually really like her books. It really bogged in places. It left me looking for point at which the families would connect, personally, not through business and remain unknown to each other. The topic was so depressing in itself it would have been nice if literally every character in the book wouldn’t have suffered personal tragedy. It was tough to finish.

Too slow in parts so book doesn’t flow properly. Good in some parts very interesting then it becomes sluggish.

Very good. Interesting. But the last chapter was odd and preachy.

Interesting history of Canadian/American culture 300 year ago to the present.

I am in awe! Barkskins opens your eyes-wide- as it traces the beginning of the destruction of North America, it's land, it's people and takes you on a history lesson that reaches all corners of this earth. Greed and entitlement have destroyed more than we can fathom. This book begs the question, "Is it too late?"