Review: The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston
The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston Toronto: Book*Hug (2026) This is a wonderful book about forests and families! They're more alike than you think, and both need careful tending and care to thrive. I loved that this is a book that has its roots firmly in the British Columbia forests and takes a long view over decades of what it takes for an ecology to succeed, or suffer. I reviewed this book for The British Columbia Review, originally published here on The BC Review on April 21, 2026. *** For those of us who call British Columbia home, it’s hard not to be awed by the breathtaking beauty of the forest, from the rainforest on the coast to the more temperate forests of the southeastern region. The forest is both a precious ecosystem and a resource, and so becomes a flashpoint for the inherent tension between environmentalism and commercialization. This conflict is at the heart of Revelstoke, BC-raised Torontonian Liz Johnston’s book The Fall-Down Effect . Against this ...
