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A review by emilybryk
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
4.0
Thought-over and worked-over and agonized-over, no doubt. This is evocative as all hell of the end of a very particular way of life/the end of a very particular world.
That said, I felt like we didn't really see Buccmaster develop as a character until the last third (or even the last fifth) of the book. I don't think this was an issue of my own understanding, and it disappointed me. That transition from depressed and driven to action and EPICALLY MAD IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF EPIC MADNESS was forced and unforeseen in ways that aren't at all good.
That said, I felt like we didn't really see Buccmaster develop as a character until the last third (or even the last fifth) of the book. I don't think this was an issue of my own understanding, and it disappointed me. That transition from depressed and driven to action and EPICALLY MAD IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF EPIC MADNESS was forced and unforeseen in ways that aren't at all good.