This is one of the worst books I've ever read
The only good writing is in the labyrinth tunnel and why did it take nearly 300 pages to encounter any good writing?
I bribed myself to finish
Also why does every character in this book "click their tongue" all the time? That's not a personality and it doesn't even make sense in most of the scenes where it happens

So beautiful and interesting!
I read an interview with the author where he said among other things the book is about grief, and that comes through in such a lovely way
I think the book is also about cliffs, situational cliffs, emotional cliffs, financial and economic cliffs (and literal cliffs) and what happens when you're on the edge of one, how you have to live, what it asks you to do, and also what happens when we make a world, a situation, where people have to live on those cliffs all the time
Anyhow, highly recommend and additionally look up the night marchers--I did and it just added to my already deep enjoyment of the book and also check out the author's website, he has made a playlist for the book!

This book finally turns interesting on page 349 and by then it was too late I had already decided I was gonna finish and not read any sequels, so that's a shame because those last couple chapters showed what this book could've been, but definitely were NOT up til that point

The descriptions are so beautiful and the sense of dreaded waiting and claustrophia can be felt through the writing. I liked Agnes as a character and the nuance Hannah Kent brought to her. It lost focus at the end, and as strange as this may be for me to say ad a pastor, way too much focus on the pastor character. I would have loved more Margret and Agnes time

This book is about meaning and connection and why we do things like care about each other and it's so beautiful. I won't write out a whole thing of praise, but just so if someone else had not wanted to read it because you thought it was about the woods or camping, it's about SO MUCH MORE so don't be put off if you're like me and thought the plot sounded boring and too much about forests haha