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A review by gattolinos_nerdy_nook
A Forest of Vanity and Valour by A.P. Beswick
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I found that this was a interesting start to a series that is retellings of English folklore. In this case it is a retelling of Robinhood and whilst I found the story solid it also wasn't anything that memorable for me.
Vireo and Jerub are interesting to have as a POV. Both start out as morally grey people but I found Jerub very quickly became a cartoonish kind of villain and lost what made him interesting at the beginning. I think it was meant to be a slow progress to show how much he changed from the start to the end, but instead it felt kind of instant and lost that story telling point.
Vireo on the other hand I think did the slow change throughout the book much better and it was interesting to watch how he changes and what made have the character development.
By the end of the book I am interested in the series especially with the audiobooks being on youtube for everyone to listen to for free. It makes it easy to pick up the series before the newest books come out later this year.
Vireo and Jerub are interesting to have as a POV. Both start out as morally grey people but I found Jerub very quickly became a cartoonish kind of villain and lost what made him interesting at the beginning. I think it was meant to be a slow progress to show how much he changed from the start to the end, but instead it felt kind of instant and lost that story telling point.
Vireo on the other hand I think did the slow change throughout the book much better and it was interesting to watch how he changes and what made have the character development.
By the end of the book I am interested in the series especially with the audiobooks being on youtube for everyone to listen to for free. It makes it easy to pick up the series before the newest books come out later this year.
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Torture
Minor: War