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katiejane 's review for:
The Vaster Wilds
by Lauren Groff
Listened to the audiobook beautifully narrated by January LaVoy. 3.5 stars
The beginning of the novel had me thinking this would be a plot heavy story, and I think I missed out on some of its richness cause I was waiting for more action, more of a chase, and more characters. I think I would have gotten more out of it sooner if I'd worked out this novel is more a meditation on being a body and living a full sensual life in the natural world - all things I'm interested in. Once this clicked for me, I enjoyed it much more, even though, like in 'Matrix', I never felt very invested in the protagonist or other characters for some reason. I wish I did. The beautiful prose kept me going though.
The beginning of the novel had me thinking this would be a plot heavy story, and I think I missed out on some of its richness cause I was waiting for more action, more of a chase, and more characters. I think I would have gotten more out of it sooner if I'd worked out this novel is more a meditation on being a body and living a full sensual life in the natural world - all things I'm interested in. Once this clicked for me, I enjoyed it much more, even though, like in 'Matrix', I never felt very invested in the protagonist or other characters for some reason. I wish I did. The beautiful prose kept me going though.