A review by emmafwhitworth
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

4.0

As facinating as this book was, it has taken me about sepia weeks to read, which is terrible for me! I think that's down partly to my mental state, but also because I got to the last 100 pages and started to get quite bored. The ending stretched out in front of me, predictable and a little monotonous... It was hard to get myself to finish it. I'm glad I did though. The book really does transport you back a thousand years: there is something about the use of shadowscript that helps one to fully commit into Buccmaster's mindset and the time period. The constant debate I had with myself as to whether the gods were truly talking to him or if he was simply mad was interesting, and I learnt a lot about pre-Christian English religion which was really interesting.