A review by elles_shelves
Whiteland by Rosie Cranie-Higgs

3.0

Whiteland is a difficult book for me to review. This book is like an adult fairy tale -- a combination of Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, folktale, and Norse mythology all rolled into one epic horror fantasy. This definitely has all of the makings for a truly remarkable story and as I was reading I thought several times that it would be a beautiful movie. Unfortunately, it was a bit sluggish to read through and was downright confusing at times. I acknowledge that the confusion was intentional at times, but there were so may characters and creatures discussed and who at times randomly appeared for brief scenes. There was also a good bit of narration that did not drive the story forward. There were pointless conversations occurring during moments that it seemed completely unnatural. Rosie Cranie-Higgs has created an amazing fantasy world and I could see this being an entire series of books, but it felt a bit overwhelming. There were a few times during the 5 days of reading (I typically read books in 1-2 days) of reading that I contemplated not finishing. So overall I feel it's a great idea, but it just didn't work for me as it is written.