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armedaphrodite 's review for:
The Vaster Wilds
by Lauren Groff
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There's obvious skill in the prose of the work, which was genuinely touching and beautifully captured the atmosphere of a scene or a moment even when the real description was sparse. The main character is well-rounded, and her ponderings on higher things meshed well with her rather mundane story through the snow and the wild.
But my god, this book is like being drubbed over the head repeatedly. It gives you little to no hope or joy to grasp onto, to drive you forward. I've read plenty of dark books and enjoyed them well enough, and I understand the desire to portray the danger and the drudgery, but the book ended up being a thorough slog to get through, despite not being all that long.
But my god, this book is like being drubbed over the head repeatedly. It gives you little to no hope or joy to grasp onto, to drive you forward. I've read plenty of dark books and enjoyed them well enough, and I understand the desire to portray the danger and the drudgery, but the book ended up being a thorough slog to get through, despite not being all that long.