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Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy

rachiepepper's review

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

gifcompatible's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

sschaus's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

coffeefairytales's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0

lucario4224's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

bettyjett's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved this just as much- if not more than the first one. We even enjoyed the way it ended. My daughters and I can’t wait to start the final book.

It’s not often we find a book that hooks us all equally, and that sparks lively conversations mid-chapter.

bettyjett's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

kateelizasloan's review

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4.0

I can't wait to read the next one!

modern_cryptid's review

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adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This book is good fun :). I could be biased due to my nostalgia for this series, but I really enjoyed the second installment in the Wildwood series.
Again, this book is very fun, mostly full of our main characters triversing the strange world of the wood. Colin Meloy does a good job of expanding on concepts presented in the first book without being boring or repeating events from the first book. It's interesting to see Prue and Curtis faced with new challenges regarding Wildwood and it's inhabitants, as well as Elsie and Rachel encountering these woods for the first time.
My only complaint is the pacing. The pacing constantly changes depending on the chapter and page in a way which is often quite jarring, and while it does negatively impact some moments, for the most part it can be looked over .

thestoryowl's review

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3.0

Just like the first volume, the second book in this series continues to be very VERY wordy. I had a hard time really feeling invested in Rachel and Elsie's chapters until about half way through the book, but I enjoyed it once the action started picking up and their story started tying in to Prue and Curtis. I am still excited to see how the story progresses (ends?) in the next book.