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A review by factandfables
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
3.0
I’m having a hard time rating this book because while it is well written and I can see what makes it good, it just fell flat for me.
The good: The writing is good and the atmosphere is beautifully developed. The transition from normal to creepy and weird was fun. It was a quick read and started interesting throughout the book.
The bad: I never fully connected to the characters - they felt cardboard and I hated the internal monologues. Some of that was explained by the twist, but it still made for a lackluster reading experience. Also, I never could get a handle on where the story was going enough to really find it believable.
I would have liked this better had it been a fully dual timeline cutting between the “Maggie and Travis come to Pastoral” story and the one in the book, but as it was, I found it a beautifully written and readable book that didn’t leave a strong impression.
The good: The writing is good and the atmosphere is beautifully developed. The transition from normal to creepy and weird was fun. It was a quick read and started interesting throughout the book.
The bad: I never fully connected to the characters - they felt cardboard and I hated the internal monologues. Some of that was explained by the twist, but it still made for a lackluster reading experience. Also, I never could get a handle on where the story was going enough to really find it believable.
I would have liked this better had it been a fully dual timeline cutting between the “Maggie and Travis come to Pastoral” story and the one in the book, but as it was, I found it a beautifully written and readable book that didn’t leave a strong impression.