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A review by turrean
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
Opaque to me.
The design of the book is lovely, especially the cover. There’s a pretty font, though every word with the letter combination “ct” catches the eye with a hook from the t’s bar to the top of the c. “Ct” is apparently a consonant blend, specifically a t-blend that ends a word. (Look, I have insomnia, and I just spent thirty minutes figuring out if this was a phoneme or a digraph or a platypus or whatever. I write this with great relief as I can now forget it.)
The illustrations are quite formal & stylized; most look like church windows.
The author’s note at the end conveyed more information about the story than the story did. The tale seems so fragmentary and unfinished. I am left bereft of the heft of meaning.
The design of the book is lovely, especially the cover. There’s a pretty font, though every word with the letter combination “ct” catches the eye with a hook from the t’s bar to the top of the c. “Ct” is apparently a consonant blend, specifically a t-blend that ends a word. (Look, I have insomnia, and I just spent thirty minutes figuring out if this was a phoneme or a digraph or a platypus or whatever. I write this with great relief as I can now forget it.)
The illustrations are quite formal & stylized; most look like church windows.
The author’s note at the end conveyed more information about the story than the story did. The tale seems so fragmentary and unfinished. I am left bereft of the heft of meaning.