A review by elizabethfisher
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

4.0

I wanted to love this book but it fell flat for me in some ways. Without the epilogue, I think this would have gotten 3 stars from me. The writing style didn't really fit the story or the context in the way I would have liked and some of the descriptions were just brutal. I wanted sweeping, beautiful language to pair with the Wilderness, but I feel like the really imagery-heavy scenes were of terrible things (mainly thinking of some of the animal slaughter scenes). Overall, I thought the setting and story were really compelling and the characters were well developed, if unlikeable. I was totally engaged in the story, even though it's on the longer side and thought Cook did a fantastic job of creating a believable and terrifying dystopia. I think this is one that will stick with me for awhile and will also be one that I change my mind about 100 times.