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A review by nostalgia_reader
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
3.0
Take 10 cups Narnia, a dash each of essence of Redwall and aura of Dimwood Forest, mix well, and bake for 541 pages. Top with marzipan, colored richly in the theme of Grimm's Portland.
3 neutral stars. It was a fun read, if overly long and SUPER over done in themes.
However, despite the fun adventure that I was taken on, that's all it was. An adventure. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as adventures are fun. But when there is very little personalities or characterization to the characters themselves, it makes for a flat story. It seemed to just be going through the motions of the plot outline, rather than actually creating both a story and characters.
Despite this, I found it to be a quick read, and although the Narnia-ness was a bit over the top, the fairy tale tropes were fun (yes, it was stereotypical, but all fairy tale like things are stereotypes) and I did enjoy escaping into the world of the Impassible Wilderness. I think that those in the age range that this is geared towards would highly enjoy it... I probably would have adored this myself at that age.
I doubt I will pick up the other two books in the series as this installment felt more like a stand-alone story.
(Cross posted on my blog.)
3 neutral stars. It was a fun read, if overly long and SUPER over done in themes.
However, despite the fun adventure that I was taken on, that's all it was. An adventure. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as adventures are fun. But when there is very little personalities or characterization to the characters themselves, it makes for a flat story. It seemed to just be going through the motions of the plot outline, rather than actually creating both a story and characters.
Despite this, I found it to be a quick read, and although the Narnia-ness was a bit over the top, the fairy tale tropes were fun (yes, it was stereotypical, but all fairy tale like things are stereotypes) and I did enjoy escaping into the world of the Impassible Wilderness. I think that those in the age range that this is geared towards would highly enjoy it... I probably would have adored this myself at that age.
I doubt I will pick up the other two books in the series as this installment felt more like a stand-alone story.
(Cross posted on my blog.)