"After reading it, I really wanted to talk to someone"
Eline Gielen on participating in One Book One Campus and reading 'Birnam Wood'
鈥淚t was a very dramatic ending. I do not wish to reveal too much, but it was not what I anticipated when I began reading the book. Several individuals have mentioned to me that the book is somewhat slow to get going initially, but once you have passed the first few pages, it becomes extremely compelling. Truly, right up until the very end."
"I had five pages left and I thought, 鈥淚s everything going to be okay?鈥 Yes, then you're on that train of the last few pages. So exciting that you can't put it down. After reading it, I really wanted to talk to someone about it. Fortunately, I found a colleague at the university library who had also finished the book, and the two of us talked about it for a while."
The reading event creates connections across departments and organisational units
"I've been participating in One Book One Campus since 2022 because I really enjoy reading one book together, not necessarily a book I would choose myself, and discussing it together. Everyone has a different perspective on the story, and the reading event creates connections across departments and organisational units. You can start a conversation about it, and it lowers the threshold for making contact."
"This edition is linked to Utrecht 木瓜福利影视's theme for the year, and the climate issue is very clearly present in it. In the end, I also found it interesting to read how people think they are doing the right thing from their own perspective.鈥
A true thriller for students and staff
'Birnam Wood' is a page-turning eco-thriller about what happens when heartfelt principles meet obscene wealth. Read the novel this summer, join the conversation this autumn.
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