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A review by motherhorror
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
3.0
The illustrations are beautiful and the cover is worth the price of admission for any book collector's library. This can be read in 30 minutes or less and feels like Christmas folklore/Grimm's fairytale. Susanna Clarke expands on her inspiration for this tale which includes a lot of Kate Bush songs and the universe from her novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
This didn't really feel long enough--I think this needed a bit more character development to lure the reader into an emotional development. I felt enveloped by the rich, wintertime, Yule atmosphere and read it right here by the fire and Christmas tree lights.
My honest opinion is this would have been better in an anthology rather than a standalone, but the illustrations and cover are very pretty :) I don't regret buying/reading
This didn't really feel long enough--I think this needed a bit more character development to lure the reader into an emotional development. I felt enveloped by the rich, wintertime, Yule atmosphere and read it right here by the fire and Christmas tree lights.
My honest opinion is this would have been better in an anthology rather than a standalone, but the illustrations and cover are very pretty :) I don't regret buying/reading