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A review by hounded
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
2.75
It was an okay book. I liked the concept of the story itself and the (albeit heavy handed) calls to classic fairy tails. But the book felt a bit pretentious and I think the story suffered from having too many elements to keep it at least some what clear. The story struggled since the writing style was very confusing and more and more kept getting added on even though it felt like there was no purpose.
Updating my review because I reading some others I completely agree with is. This would have been written better by a woman. The main characters is supposed to have some tragic "Being a woman is hard so the life in the woods is more appealing" type deal but theres no development past that so. She ended up being a nothing character. As well as all the other women in this book. THey all have something similar but it's never expanded upon in anyway making the whole thing feel. Well. Pointless. I understand where the author was trying to go but. I don't think truly understands what he was trying to say.
Overall entertaining for a lighter read but I don't think I'll ever come back to it.
Updating my review because I reading some others I completely agree with is. This would have been written better by a woman. The main characters is supposed to have some tragic "Being a woman is hard so the life in the woods is more appealing" type deal but theres no development past that so. She ended up being a nothing character. As well as all the other women in this book. THey all have something similar but it's never expanded upon in anyway making the whole thing feel. Well. Pointless. I understand where the author was trying to go but. I don't think truly understands what he was trying to say.
Overall entertaining for a lighter read but I don't think I'll ever come back to it.