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A review by kiaramedina
The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees
4.0
Spooky fairytales are my thing.
It’s been a bit since I read this and I still don’t know how to feel about it. At times I truly did enjoy it. It’s a unique concept that keeps you guessing, with intrigued and twists and turns. It’s a good, old-fashioned fairytale, and from start to finish, it knows the story it’s trying to tell.
But at the same time, I felt like something was missing. Something kept me from truly connecting with the story. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love it, and ended up skimming the last bit. The emotional connection, the thing that keeps you late at night reading, it just wasn’t there for me.
It’s hard to explain, because I didn’t hate the book. It was enjoyable, but I didn’t love it either. It’s almost as if I’m indifferent to the book. The premise is interesting, the writing nice, the story flows, I just never truly connected with it.
It’s been a bit since I read this and I still don’t know how to feel about it. At times I truly did enjoy it. It’s a unique concept that keeps you guessing, with intrigued and twists and turns. It’s a good, old-fashioned fairytale, and from start to finish, it knows the story it’s trying to tell.
But at the same time, I felt like something was missing. Something kept me from truly connecting with the story. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love it, and ended up skimming the last bit. The emotional connection, the thing that keeps you late at night reading, it just wasn’t there for me.
It’s hard to explain, because I didn’t hate the book. It was enjoyable, but I didn’t love it either. It’s almost as if I’m indifferent to the book. The premise is interesting, the writing nice, the story flows, I just never truly connected with it.