A review by serendipity730
The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

3.0

This book had a lot of potential, but the characters just fell flat to me. I really enjoyed learning about Ukranian traditions and folklore, but characters were too one dimensional. The main character spends the vast majority of the book (and her life) having never spoken about her past, to the point where her own children don't know her real surname. In the last ~30 pages of the book, she suddenly begins discussing intimate details of her past. It just didn't ring true to me.