Reviews

Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier

gilliske's review against another edition

3.0

Best wel een goed historisch-fantasy verhaal, maar wat mij betreft geen echte hoogvlieger.
Het verhaal op zich biedt nochtans wel veel potentieel, maar de uitwerking kon beter:
- de personages zijn nogal eendimensionaal: ofwel één en al naïeve goedheid ofwel overduidelijk door en door slecht. Hierdoor is het verhaal ook niet altijd even geloofwaardig.
- het verloop van het verhaal is nogal voorspelbaar: je ziet alles van ver aankomen, het boek verrast nooit echt
- het verhaal is soms langdradig en de auteur valt soms in herhaling. Vooral tijdens de rechtszaak lijkt hetzelfde relaas keer op keer opnieuw verteld te worden.
- het fantasy-element had voor mij ook iets vaker mogen terugkomen in het verhaal. Nu is dit quasi afwezig tot op het einde, waardoor je enerzijds qua fantasy-gehalte een beetje op je honger blijft zitten. Anderzijds lijkt hierdoor het einde, waarbij de magische elementen plots wel een relevante rol beginnen spelen, iets te hard op een 'deus ex machina'... het komt te geforceerd over.

crimsonpetal's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

adeselnaferreira's review against another edition

4.0

Marillier's prose is always full of magic and nice words, you can't get enough of it. This book however surprised me for changing the view from Evyind to Nessa, which for the first time I had a chance to read a male character being written by what I am beginning to consider a "feminist" writer. The fighting parts were very well written, especially when people consider Marillier's stories "love stories" or only intended for women. Not as good as "Wildwood dancing" or "Heart's blood" but still worth to buy and read.

awishman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

colonelesanders's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars! Very good! Loved the clash of cultures and ideologies and the like. Very well written. Couldn’t decide between 4 and 5 stars so 4.5 feels right

rasptartary's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

thestoryowl's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to like this more than I did. No really, I did! The story is a good one, it just kept getting bogged down in extra words it didn't need.

issabeau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

zwyrdish's review against another edition

4.0

I felt this series was very original in content and very well-crafted. I loved the depth to which Marillier developed her characters, and the Scandinavian roots of the story. It was not at all predictable or formulaic, IMO. Nothing disappointing, unless you count the fact that there were only two books in the series! Read them both!

jamesbullinger's review against another edition

1.0

I got more than 2/3 done with this, but I just don’t care enough to finish. I didn’t hate it. But I’m just over it.