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A review by hann_cant_read
For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book infuriated me.
For such an amazing concept I don't understand how it could be so boring.
Red is the most incurious person I've ever seen. You just found out your entire religion / life purpose is a total lie and you ask ZERO follow up questions?!?
The pacing was rough. We spent the majority of the book just basically reliving the same problem over and over again. The tiny interludes into Neve's life outside the woods was the only part that actually drove the plot forward. Our main story line didn't progress until like 3/4 of the way through the book - we just kept re-learning the same information over and over again. Maybe if Red EVER asked a follow up question we could have gotten somewhere. She's so stubborn in the weirdest ways. I don't understand how "Why?" just never came up. She would insist on doing something, the wolf would say no, and then she would just sulk or storm off.
I also couldn't actually feel the supposed chemistry between the two leads. The Wolf has had a number of second daughters come through as sacrifices but somehow Red is different and he's never felt this way about any of them even though they barely interact. It's supposed to be forced proximity but it's really just giving "there's no one else around so might as well"
I wanted desperately for Red and Neve's bond to be the redeeming relationship in this book. (I'm a total sucker for sibling bonds) but Red went from caring more about her sister than anyone or anything to the point that she went into the woods to certain death to protect her in the first place, to literally seeingher sister with black veins and being like "huh. Weird. Anyways..."
The worst part, is that the ending was actually great and sets up an incredibly interesting premise for book 2. You just have to suffer for 3/4 of the book to finally get there.
For such an amazing concept I don't understand how it could be so boring.
Red is the most incurious person I've ever seen. You just found out your entire religion / life purpose is a total lie and you ask ZERO follow up questions?!?
The pacing was rough. We spent the majority of the book just basically reliving the same problem over and over again. The tiny interludes into Neve's life outside the woods was the only part that actually drove the plot forward. Our main story line didn't progress until like 3/4 of the way through the book - we just kept re-learning the same information over and over again. Maybe if Red EVER asked a follow up question we could have gotten somewhere. She's so stubborn in the weirdest ways. I don't understand how "Why?" just never came up. She would insist on doing something, the wolf would say no, and then she would just sulk or storm off.
I also couldn't actually feel the supposed chemistry between the two leads. The Wolf has had a number of second daughters come through as sacrifices but somehow Red is different and he's never felt this way about any of them even though they barely interact. It's supposed to be forced proximity but it's really just giving "there's no one else around so might as well"
I wanted desperately for Red and Neve's bond to be the redeeming relationship in this book. (I'm a total sucker for sibling bonds) but Red went from caring more about her sister than anyone or anything to the point that she went into the woods to certain death to protect her in the first place, to literally seeing
The worst part, is that the ending was actually great and sets up an incredibly interesting premise for book 2. You just have to suffer for 3/4 of the book to finally get there.