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A review by beforeviolets
After the Forest by Kell Woods
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
DNF p. 68
I actually think if I finished this book, I would've ended up decently enjoying it and honestly still recommend it! It had really lovely prose, woodsy vibes, fairytale retellings, a sentient talking book, and interesting politics. It even seemed like it was starting to hold some commentary about Christian imperialism. Literally all the things I love. It's just very leisurely paced, and though I can really enjoy that at times, it wasn't quite working for me right now.
And I'm trying to more comfortably DNF books this year if they're not working for me in the moment. I honestly may come back to this one, maybe as an audiobook, but I have wayyyy too many books to get to this year and this month to read a book that isn't hooking me. (I also did the page 99 test and still felt the same.) I think the stakes and world of this book just feels like its asking to be packed in a little tighter in its pacing.
I actually think if I finished this book, I would've ended up decently enjoying it and honestly still recommend it! It had really lovely prose, woodsy vibes, fairytale retellings, a sentient talking book, and interesting politics. It even seemed like it was starting to hold some commentary about Christian imperialism. Literally all the things I love. It's just very leisurely paced, and though I can really enjoy that at times, it wasn't quite working for me right now.
And I'm trying to more comfortably DNF books this year if they're not working for me in the moment. I honestly may come back to this one, maybe as an audiobook, but I have wayyyy too many books to get to this year and this month to read a book that isn't hooking me. (I also did the page 99 test and still felt the same.) I think the stakes and world of this book just feels like its asking to be packed in a little tighter in its pacing.