titus_hjelm 's review for:

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

2.0

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This book taught me how reading aloud makes a difference in figuring out why some prose flows and some doesn't. I have rarely been as tongue-tied as with the first chapter of Wildwood. It wasn't just the unnecessary fancy words (I hope they were not inserted for 'educational' purposes), but the rhythm was simply off. Things got a little bit better along the way, but overall, the reader is little attached to the main character even after the (too long) 541 pages. Not terrible, but not great either.