Snow Falling on Cedars | Critical Overview
Critical reception of Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars has been overwhelmingly positive. The novel's evocative setting, courtroom drama, tender love story, language, believable characters, and portrayal of fear and prejudice have all earned critical acclaim. Los Angeles Times critic Michael Harris notes,
David Guterson's haunting first novel works on at least two levels. It gives us a puzzle to solve—a whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence—and at the same time it offers us a mystery, something...
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