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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautiful writing! Slow, but I could die in the details.
I have mixed feelings about this book but most of them are negative. It’s a long book and it eventually gained and kept my attention enough to finish it, so I credit that. The start was rocky, it reads like the juvenile YA book it is, which is fine but Meloy seems to try and throw in every big word he knows into the early part of the book and they are highly unnecessary. I found it jarring, the unnecessary (i.e., they add nothing compared with using simpler terms) SAT words mixed in with otherwise very simplistic language. And the story wasn’t sparking much of my interest. The book was a gift or I never would’ve made it past the beginning. He does get better as the book progresses and I eventually found the world he has created to be an engaging place, sufficiently so that he gained my attention and I actually finished the book (i often thought I might not). However, the two main characters are not well written, particularly Curtis. There’s a lack of character development, and the author never made me particularly care about either of them. I cared far more about some of the bit players who were more interesting but unoriginal. I found the ending rather unsatisfying and have zero interest in the sequel. I’ve heard this called Narnia without all the Jesus. Well I miss the Jesus. And the Narnia. And the brevity. And having characters I actually care about. It is hard for me to say much more without spoilers so I’ll leave it at that.
I couldn’t get into it. I can see why others might like it but it just wasn’t for me.
Narnia vibes without the religious overtones, full of adventure and intrigue and a devious plot to take power! Prue and Curtis must work together to figure out how to save her baby brother, and entirely of Wildwood while they're at it!
Did not finish this book, but got about to 18%. Nothing in particular happened to make me stop reading, I was just very bored. This felt like a very slow-paced and uninspired read. I wasn’t pulled into this book and given the drive to keep reading, unfortunately. I read it based on a suggestion that it may give fall-like, whimsical & Over the Garden Wall vibes, but it did not (at least not over the garden wall).
adventurous
medium-paced
Oh how I loved this one! It was long and took awhile to get through, but it was worth it. Beautifully written fantasy that reminded me of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Prue's baby brother gets mysteriously kidnapped by crows, so she ventures into the woods, followed by her friend Curtis, to find him. But these woods turn out to be magical, and it turns out that there's much more at stake than just her brother's life.
Prue's baby brother gets mysteriously kidnapped by crows, so she ventures into the woods, followed by her friend Curtis, to find him. But these woods turn out to be magical, and it turns out that there's much more at stake than just her brother's life.
This is pure Colin Meloy. I could hear his voice in my head as I read it. I enjoyed the lyrical similarities to The King is Dead- the barony of ivy, the shared burden, the dowager empress, the body of a boy... I read it as the long-form story of the album. It was a lot of fun. I plan to read it to my kiddos next and continue with the series.
Joli livre dont le contenant (le papier épais! les illustrations!) fait de l'ombre au contenu. L'histoire est longuette à démarrer ; le niveau de vocabulaire est déboussolant, pour un roman jeunesse ; les personnages manquent un peu de profondeur. Ceci dit, on y rencontre tout de même une petite fille à vélo qui, au détour d'une quête urgente & d'une route sinueuse, découvre une grande forêt en bordure de ville. Ses secrets & ses petites sociétés se déploient dans une histoire qui, malgré ses bouts raboutés, a quelque chose d'incroyablement évocateur -- peut-être les détails fins qui encadrent les pages, peut-être les autres récits qu'on devine sous l'aventure de Wildwood. Ça finit par marcher, surtout dans la deuxième moitié, & ça donne envie de passer au deuxième volume.