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A review by pages_of_emma
We are all ghosts in the forest by Lorraine Wilson
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
The internet is dead, and its ghosts haunt us all.
When I picked this book up I was expecting a pacy adventure through an apocalyptic world. This novel is not that. It's something much, much better.
The internet is no more - it has broken out of containment and technology is no longer safe to use. Katerina lives in her Baba's house with her bees, goats, chickens and a ghost cat for company. She travels around trading herbs and medicines for necessities and on one of these trips picks up a mute teenage boy holding a note with her name on it.
Katerina is a fantastic character. She's clever and resourceful but guarded and reluctant to change her status quo. She is in tune with the land and her herbalism is just a little more than ordinary. Seeing her confront her own ghosts and open herself up to change throughout the book was a wonderful character arc to follow.
Themes of grief, love and acceptance are at the fore of the story. Katerina and the other characters have deep mental wounds, and only by learning to trust and accept each other can they begin to heal from them.
This novel is quiet and meandering. It doesn't rush and it doesn't hold your hand. You will have questions and they won't be answered directly, but I think that is one of the things that makes this book so excellent.
When I picked this book up I was expecting a pacy adventure through an apocalyptic world. This novel is not that. It's something much, much better.
The internet is no more - it has broken out of containment and technology is no longer safe to use. Katerina lives in her Baba's house with her bees, goats, chickens and a ghost cat for company. She travels around trading herbs and medicines for necessities and on one of these trips picks up a mute teenage boy holding a note with her name on it.
Katerina is a fantastic character. She's clever and resourceful but guarded and reluctant to change her status quo. She is in tune with the land and her herbalism is just a little more than ordinary. Seeing her confront her own ghosts and open herself up to change throughout the book was a wonderful character arc to follow.
Themes of grief, love and acceptance are at the fore of the story. Katerina and the other characters have deep mental wounds, and only by learning to trust and accept each other can they begin to heal from them.
This novel is quiet and meandering. It doesn't rush and it doesn't hold your hand. You will have questions and they won't be answered directly, but I think that is one of the things that makes this book so excellent.