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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I recognize that this is a well written book that would be compelling to many. But certainly not to me.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Deliciously written. A book that includes the language of its time period like “porpentine” but also piss and shit is a win for me
This is three stars FOR ME. It’s a great book just incredibly sad. It’s about a servant girl in super early colonial times tromping through the forest after running away from her settlement during a plague and famine. Yeah. Sad. And even more sad stuff happens that I don’t want to spoil. Shes had like a horrible life. She’s alone but her memories give the story some structure and narrative. It’s similar to The Revenant or a Gary Paulson book. Obviously it’s very pro-nature and does have some themes of preservation. The realization that the girl comes to at the end of her journey is so raw and hopeful.
The ending is BEAUTIFUL, in fact, it’s worth the read for ANYONE (your cup of tea, or not) to get to the end. In fact, the ending earns the third star all by itself.
The ending is BEAUTIFUL, in fact, it’s worth the read for ANYONE (your cup of tea, or not) to get to the end. In fact, the ending earns the third star all by itself.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
tense
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:
Yes
This book was bleak. I kept comparing it to Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend, which was also about one woman’s life, unspeakably cruel and brutal through no fault of her own, but Ward’s book was threaded with hope throughout. This one… not so much.