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A review by booksandbarbara
The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
A dark fairytale with a promising hook that twists some of our favourite classics to create a unique story, which, unfortunately, fell a little flat for me.
So, I loved the premise of this story, but the story itself seemed to lack cohesiveness, and the dots just didn't quite connect. It felt more like a jumble of short stories thrown together with some connecting chaoters as opposed to one cohesive smooth story, and so I feel like this should have been fleshed out a bit more.
The characters were enjoyable, but nothing special, although I will say, I liked that there was disability representation with the MC. I'm not sure how the sequel is going to plan out because, to be honest, I feel like with more time, this could have been a great standalone.
Don't get me wrong, though. I still enjoyed reading this, and the twisted fairytales within made it fun to read. Learning that this is a pocket of magic within the world and there may be other pockets, I'm hoping this will be touched upon more with maybe more fairytales and myths twisted and blended into the stories based on locations or something? I don't know. I'm still going to continue with the series because although I'm complaining, I did enjoy it.
So, I loved the premise of this story, but the story itself seemed to lack cohesiveness, and the dots just didn't quite connect. It felt more like a jumble of short stories thrown together with some connecting chaoters as opposed to one cohesive smooth story, and so I feel like this should have been fleshed out a bit more.
The characters were enjoyable, but nothing special, although I will say, I liked that there was disability representation with the MC. I'm not sure how the sequel is going to plan out because, to be honest, I feel like with more time, this could have been a great standalone.
Don't get me wrong, though. I still enjoyed reading this, and the twisted fairytales within made it fun to read. Learning that this is a pocket of magic within the world and there may be other pockets, I'm hoping this will be touched upon more with maybe more fairytales and myths twisted and blended into the stories based on locations or something? I don't know. I'm still going to continue with the series because although I'm complaining, I did enjoy it.