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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Spare yourself the endless, meandering and pointless details of 7th century Britain. Spare yourself never meeting characters, spare yourself hours of farm work. Unless that’s your kink, I guess. Otherwise it was insufferably impenetrable and ended up a rare DNF.
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Goddamn. I know why and it fits, but I wish Hild didn’t have to be all Star Wars with the incest . Flush world building, like Beowulf on crack, visceral. She’s really fucking smart for a 13 year old.
Finally finished. Normally i give up on books i struggle with - life is too short - but i persisted. I admire the research and the effort done on Hild's PoV; very impressive. Doubt i'll read it again, but am glad i read it through.
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
AMAZINGGAH
I really fell for this book, perhaps because it's a difficult read. 7th century place names and character names, plus some random old words thrown in for good measure meant I had to work much harder at this book than I'm used to. For me, it paid off. Hild was a wonderful character and she was surrounded by great characters. The political intrigue and action packed into these pages was so well done.
But I would hesitate to recommend this book because it was such a challenge. YMMV.
But I would hesitate to recommend this book because it was such a challenge. YMMV.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hild is an enormously self assured book, confident to mix is old English and ancient politics, never holding the readers hand or pulling its punchs. Grounded on what must be a truly spectacular amount of research and a deeply rich imaginative soil, Hild reads like a cross of Sand County Almanac and Game of Thrones, weaving the rhythms of nature together with the tides of religious politics and the growing of a young woman, and the court of people around her. I love seeing the characters change in their relationships and in themselves over the years of the book. The pacing of the novel is very strange; history and nature do not care about rising action, but I still feel certain scenes were not given the weight they deserved, and a few others overstayed their welcome. Hild is a book that speaks strongly to its authors talent.