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theperksofbeingrachel 's review for:
The Vaster Wilds
by Lauren Groff
I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this book as I had never read any of Lauren Groff’s other books, but let me tell you, I was pleasantly surprised (for the most part).
I loved the flashbacks and craved every little morsel I could get of the girl’s past. I loved the inner monologues and usually I don’t enjoy little to no dialogue, but Groff did it wonderfully.
I’m usually not a fan of survival books, I find them rather boring as they are just the main character going forward with no real destination, looking for things to eat, sleeping, and going to the bathroom (I got really tired of reading about the color of the girl’s piss and poop, like why is that important, why do I really have to read that?). So that part of the book really dragged for me but the inner monologues and flashbacks kept the pace of the book.
And oh my goodness the prose! The descriptive imagery, the vocabulary, literally everything about the prose was just so violently beautiful and extremely well-written.
So overall four stars!
I loved the flashbacks and craved every little morsel I could get of the girl’s past. I loved the inner monologues and usually I don’t enjoy little to no dialogue, but Groff did it wonderfully.
I’m usually not a fan of survival books, I find them rather boring as they are just the main character going forward with no real destination, looking for things to eat, sleeping, and going to the bathroom (I got really tired of reading about the color of the girl’s piss and poop, like why is that important, why do I really have to read that?). So that part of the book really dragged for me but the inner monologues and flashbacks kept the pace of the book.
And oh my goodness the prose! The descriptive imagery, the vocabulary, literally everything about the prose was just so violently beautiful and extremely well-written.
So overall four stars!