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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
A servant girl, who has arrived with her mistress in an early American settlement, escapes town to run from the winter’s starvation. She is bound to find what she is made of in the wilderness.
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
slow-paced
More focused in scope than the expansive Matrix, this skillfully unfolding tale follows the unnamed heroine fleeing from her community and through the wilds of nature & the men who endanger her, whilst filling us in on what led her to this action (from childhood to the boat to the new world and the settlers reality and a sick step-father). Groff is a master of language and description and once you have unlocked the flow of the action enough to get a grasp on the timeline and characters, it's apparent bleak landscape and prospects reveal greater richness and attraction. And what future could hold attraction for her? Possibly a world without men will all their danger & threat to a woman in times when they had zero rights.
Breathtaking. I can't even explain why it is so good, other than LG's vivid writing about the details of The Girl's terrifying present and her just-as-terrifying [but in a completely different way] past. I never wanted her tale to end. LG makes the reader feel how Lamentations/Zed feels and although her tale is almost impossible to believe, it nonetheless smacks of absolute truth.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix