A review by withherheadstuckinabook
The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest by Mark Z. Danielewski

4.0

I decided to read this after putting it down 12 months ago- boy it did not disappoint! It was awesome reuniting with Xanther, Astair, Anwer, Luther, and the others as the days roll on. The way that Danielewski writes the book makes you engrossed in the day to day lives of the characters and intersperses the characters is interesting.

The thing - cat/dog whatever it is despite its fragility and you and Xanther fearing/knowing that the thing may pass away at any seconds pushes you to want the thing to live. But to what extent does the thing being alive affect Xanther's day to day life. Yes she's growing into a regular teenager (sullen/withdrawn) but I feel that after A Rainy Day in May something's changing with the rescue of the thing