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ettegoom 's review for:
The Hazel Wood
by Melissa Albert
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked this up on a whim at the library, and then didn't read it until it was overdue. I nearly took it back before I read it. I'm glad I didn't.
I've been finding things a bit rough, with all the genocide, racist government policy and losing a place that was complicated and stressful but also really important to me, so grabbed this off the pile as a reprieve from non-fiction. It immediately sucked me in.
I love the hideous cruelty of the Hinterland, and can't help wishing that Stories of the Hinterland was a real book that I could read. There's something about a vicious fairy tale that makes them so much more appealing than the sanitised stories of my childhood.
I enjoyed the way that the book reminded me a little of The Seven Thousand Doors of January, yet was somehow darker and more satisfying.
I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
I've been finding things a bit rough, with all the genocide, racist government policy and losing a place that was complicated and stressful but also really important to me, so grabbed this off the pile as a reprieve from non-fiction. It immediately sucked me in.
I love the hideous cruelty of the Hinterland, and can't help wishing that Stories of the Hinterland was a real book that I could read. There's something about a vicious fairy tale that makes them so much more appealing than the sanitised stories of my childhood.
I enjoyed the way that the book reminded me a little of The Seven Thousand Doors of January, yet was somehow darker and more satisfying.
I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail