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A review by janyriy
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
4.0
4.0 ⭐️
It feels like a very long, very idolised American fairy tale and if you read it as a fairy tale and don’t take it too seriously it’s a lovely story. Meloy has a wonderful writing style, especially the action scenes flowed really nicely. I just don’t have anything in particular to say about the book, except that I kinda liked the story and the illustrations were an especially nice touch. It also had more intricacies and depth than I thought it would, but I can’t quite tell who the target audience is supposed to be. It’s a bit too long and political for a 12 year old, but glosses over all the death as if nothing happened.
The characters are a resounding ‘…meh’, they weren’t terribly annoying but I didn’t like them a lot either.
I gotta say tho, the book feels really nice to hold, I like the paper they used for the cover and the pages!
So I’d say 3 stars for the story + 1 for the illustrations.
It feels like a very long, very idolised American fairy tale and if you read it as a fairy tale and don’t take it too seriously it’s a lovely story. Meloy has a wonderful writing style, especially the action scenes flowed really nicely. I just don’t have anything in particular to say about the book, except that I kinda liked the story and the illustrations were an especially nice touch. It also had more intricacies and depth than I thought it would, but I can’t quite tell who the target audience is supposed to be. It’s a bit too long and political for a 12 year old, but glosses over all the death as if nothing happened.
The characters are a resounding ‘…meh’, they weren’t terribly annoying but I didn’t like them a lot either.
I gotta say tho, the book feels really nice to hold, I like the paper they used for the cover and the pages!
So I’d say 3 stars for the story + 1 for the illustrations.