A review by daemonad
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

3.0

There were snippets here that took my breath away the way LOTR and Silmarillion had. I wish the whole book was about the hunters and the ancient sorceress and all the bronze-age people. But the story revolved around a mythical forest, which would be fascinating, if it weren't presented through the POV of the main character/narrator whose depth and appeal was that of a plastic straw. Shame, no editor helped Holdstock to flesh out his main character. For a long time I couldn't even remember his name. Only toward the end it stuck with me as I cheered him on: 'Die Steve, for the love of God die.' A few narrow-minded fools call this book misogynistic. Ignore them. The story only had three human characters. It would be a completely different story line if these characters were women. Holdstock's only fault is his inability to write realistic characters. Though strangely enough Steven's brother Christian captured my interest as did most of the characters even if they only occupied two sentences in the book. I would rather follow any of these characters than the cowardly Steven Straw.