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A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
AAaa first book I've borrowed from the library in a long time!!
I quite enjoyed it. The book had some really powerful visuals/scenes that I could just picture so clearly and made me want to draw them honestly. And the book in general painted its picture very well imo, never was I really unsure of what i was supposed to be visualising and what I DID visualise was, for lack of a better word, very vibey.
I love the aesthetic of the wild sea and the salt licked town of Wickdon, as well as the frenzy of the hunt and the wildness in the characters. If I felt inclined to do so, I reckon I could whip up some really awesome pieces from scenes of this book.
However, I did find some of the writing a bit awkward. Especially a lot of dialogue as well as the way the tense was written (?). I was a bit jarred by the former at first but soon stopped noticing it.
Dialogue-wise, I also felt like (specifically towards the end, post them getting together) Maggie and Wes's communication was too... I don't know I guess it was sort of like they were a little bit too suddenly on the same page with either other and over any communication issues etc?????? I don't know if that quite explains what I mean. I just felt the shift very acutely. Reminds me of a tumblr post I saw about writing characters like they're "trying to win therapy". It's not exactly like that but I think some stuff later in the thread maybe gets at what I mean a bit better.
The stakes also felt really quite all over place for me. There seemed to be a bit of back and forth and the pacing was a bit odd too. I don't have much more to say on that really. There was so much build up to the hunt and I feel like there wasnt that much .. weight put on the hunt in the end? It sort of just ends up being this thing that happens.
I didn't ever find my self dragging myself through this which is a plus considering the slightly odd pacing.
Good lord do I fucking hate Evelyn I don't even want to get into it. Kudos to Saft for successfully writing characters that can do that.
But yeah!!! Overall I did enjoy A Far Wilder Magic, and it's probably my first dip of my toe into romance too. If you don't mind some slightly awkward writing and pacing, then I really don't think it's that much of an issue, just sort of stuff I picked up on while I was reading.
I quite enjoyed it. The book had some really powerful visuals/scenes that I could just picture so clearly and made me want to draw them honestly. And the book in general painted its picture very well imo, never was I really unsure of what i was supposed to be visualising and what I DID visualise was, for lack of a better word, very vibey.
I love the aesthetic of the wild sea and the salt licked town of Wickdon, as well as the frenzy of the hunt and the wildness in the characters. If I felt inclined to do so, I reckon I could whip up some really awesome pieces from scenes of this book.
However, I did find some of the writing a bit awkward. Especially a lot of dialogue as well as the way the tense was written (?). I was a bit jarred by the former at first but soon stopped noticing it.
Dialogue-wise, I also felt like (specifically towards the end, post them getting together) Maggie and Wes's communication was too... I don't know I guess it was sort of like they were a little bit too suddenly on the same page with either other and over any communication issues etc?????? I don't know if that quite explains what I mean. I just felt the shift very acutely. Reminds me of a tumblr post I saw about writing characters like they're "trying to win therapy". It's not exactly like that but I think some stuff later in the thread maybe gets at what I mean a bit better.
The stakes also felt really quite all over place for me. There seemed to be a bit of back and forth and the pacing was a bit odd too. I don't have much more to say on that really. There was so much build up to the hunt and I feel like there wasnt that much .. weight put on the hunt in the end? It sort of just ends up being this thing that happens.
I didn't ever find my self dragging myself through this which is a plus considering the slightly odd pacing.
Good lord do I fucking hate Evelyn I don't even want to get into it. Kudos to Saft for successfully writing characters that can do that.
But yeah!!! Overall I did enjoy A Far Wilder Magic, and it's probably my first dip of my toe into romance too. If you don't mind some slightly awkward writing and pacing, then I really don't think it's that much of an issue, just sort of stuff I picked up on while I was reading.