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susanpbowman 's review for:
Wildwood
by Colin Meloy
Conceptually, this was super interesting. It was creative, imaginative and had some light Chronicles of Narnia vibes to it (i.e. YA fantasy). That said, I found the book to be slow. Many of the passages were overly verbose and, as a result, came across as wordy for the sake of being wordy. There were a lot of details that didn't necessarily need to be included and there were passages that while beautiful did not seem to build on the plot of the narrative. One of the best parts of this book, though, was the illustrations. They were gorgeous; I found myself looking forward to those drawings than to the writing itself.
Overall, I loved the characters but felt some of the most interesting parts of the story fell to the wayside so the writing could focus on unimportant flowery moments.
Overall, I loved the characters but felt some of the most interesting parts of the story fell to the wayside so the writing could focus on unimportant flowery moments.