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A review by obsidian_blue
The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
2.0
Honestly this was just a very long fantasy novel that ends on a cliffhanger. If I hadn't gotten the second book in the series as an ARC, I would never have picked this one up.
"The Forest Grimm" follows 16 year old Clara who is hoping her name gets picked at her village's Lottery so that she can be picked to search in the Forest Grrimm for the Lost Ones that have disappeared over the past three years. Clara's mother went missing three years ago searching for her missing father. Now, she lives with her grandmother and does her best to ignore the warnings her grandmother's cards show about her and others futures.
Clara was not that exciting to follow. Neither was her love interest Axel and her best friend Henni. There's a lot of explaining about so much that the entire book just drags terribly once you get to the point that the three teens are searching for the Lost Ones.
The entire book is Clara, Axel, and Henni meeting dark perspectives of familiar Grimm fairy tales (Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, etc.) and there's nothing new or interesting. As I said, the book drags. I was just bored throughout hoping that we would get to an ending quicker than we did.
The ending of the book left a lot to be desired. I didn't see a need for a second book, so will just finish that one as soon as I can.
"The Forest Grimm" follows 16 year old Clara who is hoping her name gets picked at her village's Lottery so that she can be picked to search in the Forest Grrimm for the Lost Ones that have disappeared over the past three years. Clara's mother went missing three years ago searching for her missing father. Now, she lives with her grandmother and does her best to ignore the warnings her grandmother's cards show about her and others futures.
Clara was not that exciting to follow. Neither was her love interest Axel and her best friend Henni. There's a lot of explaining about so much that the entire book just drags terribly once you get to the point that the three teens are searching for the Lost Ones.
The entire book is Clara, Axel, and Henni meeting dark perspectives of familiar Grimm fairy tales (Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, etc.) and there's nothing new or interesting. As I said, the book drags. I was just bored throughout hoping that we would get to an ending quicker than we did.
The ending of the book left a lot to be desired. I didn't see a need for a second book, so will just finish that one as soon as I can.