A review by siobhanward
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish

emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

 This was an ok read but I felt it just dragged, which shouldn't be the case for a book of this length. The premise was cool and I like books about female friendship, but it felt like a huge amount of the relationship building between the characters happened off-page. So much time was devoted to backstories of the women (fine), but also backstories of other women who were impacted by their walk (less helpful), that there was not a whole lot of time for interaction between the women. This meant that when the book wrapped up it felt kind of jarring and out of nowhere.

I liked the premise well enough but I think Radish needed some work on how she told the story, since this one just felt like it had too much happening and not enough happening all at once. 
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