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justinlife 's review for:
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really liked this book.
It felt like a writing experiment and it was fun to read. North Woods takes place in a spot in the hills of Massachusetts over hundreds of years. It follows generations of people and interweaves the past with the present. Mason succeeds in giving each story a different voice with different feelings all while honoring his past sections.
To me, it was like if Cloud Atlas met If These Walks Could Talk. Not every chapter is a winner and Mason’s language and vocabulary changes as the centuries go by. That is to say, the first half of the book is a bit more challenging.
Overall though it was well done and it was fun to read.
It felt like a writing experiment and it was fun to read. North Woods takes place in a spot in the hills of Massachusetts over hundreds of years. It follows generations of people and interweaves the past with the present. Mason succeeds in giving each story a different voice with different feelings all while honoring his past sections.
To me, it was like if Cloud Atlas met If These Walks Could Talk. Not every chapter is a winner and Mason’s language and vocabulary changes as the centuries go by. That is to say, the first half of the book is a bit more challenging.
Overall though it was well done and it was fun to read.