Scan barcode
A review by court_of_stars
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
3.0
"Wildwood" is the first book by Colin Meloy, the singer/songwriter from the Decemberists. This novel is based on a Magical Portland, Oregon. This novel starts out when Prue's (aged 12) younger brother Mac (1 year old) is kidnapped by a murder of crows and taken from his Radio Flyer wagon in Portland (St. Johns area) to the Impassable Forest.
This journey follows both Prue in her search to save her brother, and one of her schoolmate's Curtis, who happens to be too curious for his own good. The action is a little slower paced than I would like considering it was a whopping 541 pages long.
Meloy's writing is well thought out; however, throughout the novel he excessively uses adverbs when they are not needed. On more than one occasion I found myself skimming the text to bypass some of the unnecessary words.
That being said, overall, it was worth the experience of reading. Will I read the sequel? Probably not. I think one journey into the Impassible Forest is more than enough for me. I do think this would be a great story for someone between the ages of 12 and 18.
This journey follows both Prue in her search to save her brother, and one of her schoolmate's Curtis, who happens to be too curious for his own good. The action is a little slower paced than I would like considering it was a whopping 541 pages long.
Meloy's writing is well thought out; however, throughout the novel he excessively uses adverbs when they are not needed. On more than one occasion I found myself skimming the text to bypass some of the unnecessary words.
That being said, overall, it was worth the experience of reading. Will I read the sequel? Probably not. I think one journey into the Impassible Forest is more than enough for me. I do think this would be a great story for someone between the ages of 12 and 18.