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A review by kirmelmacchiato
The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard
1.0
I have both too much to say about this infuriating book and also nothing at all.
This book felt like an acid trip. I finish this series more confused and frustrated than when I started it and it all was, increasingly a colossal waste of time.
Winnie Wednesday has got to be the most unlikable character I have ever read and she somehow gets WORSE every book.
Winnie, the most awkward, unpleasant person in Hemlock Falls is chosen to be basically prom queen, and also hilariously “the face of the city” because apparently a bunch of foreign dignitaries are visiting for their festival. This book felt easily the most juvenile of the entire series (which is really saying something) and then tried to make up for it by randomly throwing in out of context vocabulary words. (bathypelagic, anyone?)
Jays entire purpose in this book is to make out with Winnie (a pursuit that apparently can make his voice scratchy?)
There are Dianas EVERYWHERE, in hiding, in her friend group, teaching at the school in multiple faculty positions. But what do Dianas DO?! We never find out. Except arrow spells. Burning hot arrows of light. And turning into crows- which is so redundant that it becomes confusing. Do they guard the forest? Protect the nightmares? Kill Luminaries? Why do they exist? Why are they mortal enemies of the Luminaries?
We will never know.
Are the nightmares bad? Are they the spirits of dead ancestors? What happens if they unleash the spirit of the forest?
We will never know.
The good news is Winnie definitely gets to go to prom with all her friends and Jays band plays before they make out on the dance floor. Also her glasses break and she can’t get new ones so she has contacts now- because contacts are cheaper and more easily accessible than glasses naturally
This book felt like an acid trip. I finish this series more confused and frustrated than when I started it and it all was, increasingly a colossal waste of time.
Winnie Wednesday has got to be the most unlikable character I have ever read and she somehow gets WORSE every book.
Winnie, the most awkward, unpleasant person in Hemlock Falls is chosen to be basically prom queen, and also hilariously “the face of the city” because apparently a bunch of foreign dignitaries are visiting for their festival. This book felt easily the most juvenile of the entire series (which is really saying something) and then tried to make up for it by randomly throwing in out of context vocabulary words. (bathypelagic, anyone?)
Jays entire purpose in this book is to make out with Winnie (a pursuit that apparently can make his voice scratchy?)
There are Dianas EVERYWHERE, in hiding, in her friend group, teaching at the school in multiple faculty positions. But what do Dianas DO?! We never find out. Except arrow spells. Burning hot arrows of light. And turning into crows- which is so redundant that it becomes confusing. Do they guard the forest? Protect the nightmares? Kill Luminaries? Why do they exist? Why are they mortal enemies of the Luminaries?
We will never know.
Are the nightmares bad? Are they the spirits of dead ancestors? What happens if they unleash the spirit of the forest?
We will never know.
The good news is Winnie definitely gets to go to prom with all her friends and Jays band plays before they make out on the dance floor. Also her glasses break and she can’t get new ones so she has contacts now- because contacts are cheaper and more easily accessible than glasses naturally