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The Forest Yet to Come by Sam Thompson
3.0
Sally and her brother Faolon don't know where they came from. They were found as orphans and raised in The Land, a settlement enclosed in walls where mysterious "shapes" assist in healing and growing food. When the fox trickster Reynard arrives in The Land, he is curious about the "shapes" and tricks Sally into helping him by promising to lead her to answers about her past.
This story has a very dream-like quality. Nothing is ever quite explained. It's all sort of mystical and unreal. The prose is really beautiful and haunting, and the story takes these lovely philosophical paths that we get to explore along with the characters.
I liked Sally's character because she is a solid kind of person. She wants answers. She wants to know the facts. She is determined and strong and intelligent. But in the end, she has to come to terms with the truth that you can't always know the facts. Some things are meant to be unknown and mysterious.
I did not like Faolon's character. He is evidently on the spectrum, since he has some trouble conforming to social situations. I felt sorry for him, because no one but his sister takes the time to understand him or provide a more nurturing environment for him. But he's incredibly selfish. He either doesn't realize how he is hurting his sister or just doesn't care. And he has this psychotic break where he goes wild and lives like an animal for a few weeks, and that was really disturbing. I think it was meant to be liberating for his character, like he becomes one with nature or something, but I thought the way it was described was gross. It's violent in many ways, and I found that upsetting.
This book can be read as a stand alone, but you will get what I think were minor spoilers for the previous books in the series. It briefly mentions some characters from the previous books, but I haven't read the previous books, so I don't know how much of that would count as spoilers.
To see the details of minor violence in this book, check it out on the Screen It First website: https://screenitfirst.com/book/the-forest-yet-to-come-wolfstongue-saga-3-2518449
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.
This story has a very dream-like quality. Nothing is ever quite explained. It's all sort of mystical and unreal. The prose is really beautiful and haunting, and the story takes these lovely philosophical paths that we get to explore along with the characters.
I liked Sally's character because she is a solid kind of person. She wants answers. She wants to know the facts. She is determined and strong and intelligent. But in the end, she has to come to terms with the truth that you can't always know the facts. Some things are meant to be unknown and mysterious.
I did not like Faolon's character. He is evidently on the spectrum, since he has some trouble conforming to social situations. I felt sorry for him, because no one but his sister takes the time to understand him or provide a more nurturing environment for him. But he's incredibly selfish. He either doesn't realize how he is hurting his sister or just doesn't care. And he has this psychotic break where he goes wild and lives like an animal for a few weeks, and that was really disturbing. I think it was meant to be liberating for his character, like he becomes one with nature or something, but I thought the way it was described was gross. It's violent in many ways, and I found that upsetting.
This book can be read as a stand alone, but you will get what I think were minor spoilers for the previous books in the series. It briefly mentions some characters from the previous books, but I haven't read the previous books, so I don't know how much of that would count as spoilers.
To see the details of minor violence in this book, check it out on the Screen It First website: https://screenitfirst.com/book/the-forest-yet-to-come-wolfstongue-saga-3-2518449
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for a free and honest review. All the opinions stated here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.