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A review by jasperdotpdf
The Canopy Keepers by Veronica G. Henry
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
Thank you to NetGalley and 47North for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
DNF at 16%
I really wanted to like this book, because it seemed right up my alley. I love nature, mysteries and fantasy; so a book about an unknown world of an ancient forest should appeal to me. Unfortunately, I found myself struggling to stay focused. I constantly slipped into skimming pages in hopes of finally getting to a chapter that would catch my interest, but it never happened.
I really tried to like this book. I kept losing interest, but came back to it in the hopes that it would finally catch me, but it's been sitting in my NetGalley library for over a month and I haven't been able to read more than 50 pages, so I had to DNF it.
The book starts out with a pretty good hook, but we move on pretty quickly to chapters that seem so far removed from what I was reading the book for. Following Syrah's every day life is no-doubt something important to show, but it took up such a big part of the book and it just wasn't very engaging.
The constant switching between the flashbacks to Syrah's childhood, her present-day life as a firefighter (without ever seeing her in action during an actual fire, by the way), an errant chapter from her brother's POV and occasional interludes from the Mother Tree constantly pulled me out of immersion and left me confused on what I was supposed to focus on. I read 7 chapters, and every single one had a switch in POV or time, told either in 2042 or 2014. It was so frustrating, especially considering that the majority of the flashback chapters could have been summarised in a few sentences. Still giving insight on Syrah's childhood while managing to stay on track of a more concisely told, engaging narrative.
Unfortunately, The Canopy Keepers ended up feeling like a slog to read due to there being almost no sign of the central conflict mentioned in the blurb, despite it showing a lot of potential.
DNF at 16%
I really wanted to like this book, because it seemed right up my alley. I love nature, mysteries and fantasy; so a book about an unknown world of an ancient forest should appeal to me. Unfortunately, I found myself struggling to stay focused. I constantly slipped into skimming pages in hopes of finally getting to a chapter that would catch my interest, but it never happened.
I really tried to like this book. I kept losing interest, but came back to it in the hopes that it would finally catch me, but it's been sitting in my NetGalley library for over a month and I haven't been able to read more than 50 pages, so I had to DNF it.
The book starts out with a pretty good hook, but we move on pretty quickly to chapters that seem so far removed from what I was reading the book for. Following Syrah's every day life is no-doubt something important to show, but it took up such a big part of the book and it just wasn't very engaging.
The constant switching between the flashbacks to Syrah's childhood, her present-day life as a firefighter (without ever seeing her in action during an actual fire, by the way), an errant chapter from her brother's POV and occasional interludes from the Mother Tree constantly pulled me out of immersion and left me confused on what I was supposed to focus on. I read 7 chapters, and every single one had a switch in POV or time, told either in 2042 or 2014. It was so frustrating, especially considering that the majority of the flashback chapters could have been summarised in a few sentences. Still giving insight on Syrah's childhood while managing to stay on track of a more concisely told, engaging narrative.
Unfortunately, The Canopy Keepers ended up feeling like a slog to read due to there being almost no sign of the central conflict mentioned in the blurb, despite it showing a lot of potential.