3.48k reviews for:

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

3.85 AVERAGE

kenzie5280's review against another edition

3.0

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It was fine

broom88's review against another edition

2.0

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Aside from a few shocking “revelations” told through flashbacks and a genuinely interesting and beautifully bleak last 20 pages, the rest of the story had me wondering “what is the point of this?”. I kept waiting for the story to develop and build into something more, but by the time I realized it’s was going to be “more of the same” cold/freezing/hungry/shits/cold/freezing/hungry/shits, I’d already invested too much time to NOT finish reading the entirety of the book. Easily the least enjoyable thing I’ve read in the last few years. It’s not poorly written, I just didn’t find it entirely interesting.

noojinsan's review against another edition

3.0

sad slow-paced

srtodtz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

saraogram's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

tmbrundage's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

eawhit's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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: No

hannahmariebeck's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

lauramcgaha's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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Never before have I so fervently wished for the death of a character I truly loved. Lamentations is a 15-year-old girl who has escaped from the 17th century Jamestown settlement in the midst of a plague. As she tries to stay ahead of her pursuers while surviving in the deadliest winter of her life, her story in revealed in flashbacks of horror. The end of the book ends in a fever dream, and I was exhausted from the terror.

wbright's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No