A review by spookynorvegan
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney

3.0

I enjoyed the overall story line of this book and the ability of the author to create such a complex, interwoven conflict taking place in a vast, sweeping setting with dozens of characters. That being said, the constant change of pov narration was incredibly frustrating and convoluted. Though it never changes from an omniscient third person sentence structure, the reader is consistently left to suss out which character is being focused upon. This deduction taking any number of sentences to make, as the story boasts a startlingly large and arguably unnecessary cast of characters. This chapter-by chapter change of setting/character with no given indication is exhausting and very distracting from the plot line itself. Finally, though full of diverse characters, all careering along their respective and unique plot arcs, the conclusion of the storyline itself left all surviving characters completely and bafflingly unresolved. Proving to be a most unsatisfying finish for a novel that inherently requires so much of its reader.