3.5k reviews for:

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

3.85 AVERAGE

alosterkamp's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

scoutingbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

shelley__rose's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark tense

mpissy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sarahft_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kateschustatt's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

bmk215's review against another edition

3.0

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Beautiful prose describing harrowing story of a girl that is trying to survive in the wild. As I am not a fan of "plotless" stories, this probably is not a book for me, but I appreciate the author's descriptions of the dangers that face the girl at the unnamed settlement as well as the wild.

just_a_little_book_dragon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is one of those books that makes you sit back and go…wow….into the void.

A very different read than mine of late—The Vaster Wilds is the story of an English Puritan servant girl who escapes her putrid, disease-filled settlement in search of a better life with the French, only to be met by the cold realities of traveling and surviving the wilderness alone. Trading one harsh existence for another, our protagonist’s hope, faith, and resilience are tested over and over. 

I could not stop reading because I HAD TO KNOW how her story ends. And the ending had me sitting in silence for a solid 20 minutes. This book will live in the back—and sometimes the front—of my mind forever. 

yarnyoldkim's review against another edition

0.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

sira98's review against another edition

0.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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What ridiculous pile of pretentious horseshit!