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The Wilding (2010)

by Maria McCann(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0571251781 (ISBN13: 9780571251780)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Faber & Faber

review 1: Nearly half way through I nearly abandoned this book. I'm glad I didn't because the rest was well put together and captured my interest back. Difficult to articulate quite what I don't like about this book - there is something unwholesome about the narrator and I think the problem is that while the author is deliberately painting a picture of a flawed character, the author fails to understand quite how morally unlikable he is. The author thinks 'flawed but with a lot of good points' while I think 'hope I don't meet him again'. The tension makes for uncomfortable reading. On the other hand I did like the picture of village life at that time - felt quite deep and interesting. If I'd paid more attention there might have been a metaphorical structure to the cider making, but l... moreuckily I for me I just enjoyed it.
review 2: I came to The Wilding with much anticipation. Like many of the books I read it came as a recommendation. A gripping story I was told but unfortunately it wasn't that for me. I found it slow to get into and whilst I continued to read it I felt no great urgency in doing so. To be fair the writing is good and one assumes historically correct but where I would normally have empathy with at least some of the characters I felt instead irritation. They seemed either to be be good, bad or just plain stupid. I ended it feeling rather disappointed. less

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