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A review by beautyinruins_ca
The Dark Between The Trees by Fiona Barnett
3.0
This was a very uneven read that has left me with some very mixed thoughts.
The concept was intriguing, and the idea of the forest itself was exciting, but it wasn't enough to carry a story. The characters were as thin as they were odd, none of them likable, and that made it hard to really engage with their plight. Alternating past/present perspectives just duplicated story content and extended the book, without really adding anything to it, making me want to skim the past chapters to read the present ones. There was a lull in the second half where I really just didn't care what happened, and the ending . . . well, it really wasn't one . . . left me unfulfilled.
The concept was intriguing, and the idea of the forest itself was exciting, but it wasn't enough to carry a story. The characters were as thin as they were odd, none of them likable, and that made it hard to really engage with their plight. Alternating past/present perspectives just duplicated story content and extended the book, without really adding anything to it, making me want to skim the past chapters to read the present ones. There was a lull in the second half where I really just didn't care what happened, and the ending . . . well, it really wasn't one . . . left me unfulfilled.