(although, I’ll talk more about some of the benefits of this in another section). Opinion, and I wasn’t really sure where we were headed or what the purpose was The ending was a lot faster, but the first 3/4 dragged in my Should do, but I also feel like there could have been a more clarified goal for And in part, that was because Marian herself was lost with what she I think with the case of slower narratives like this,Īlthough slowness is a key factor, readers still need a goal to look forward to,īut I felt like Spooner didn’t really give us a goal for a large part of the In the end, I now know that Sherwood was a slower narrative, but for the first half (almostįirst 3/4), it felt like the story was dragging and not going anywhere, and I Styles, but ultimately I think there were a few things stopping Sherwood from being as good as it could It’s aĭifferent direction and I actually do appreciate how Spooner is exploring new While some of her other work is very fast paced and romanceīased, this reminded me a lot more of one of my faves, Tess of the Road, with its slower narrative and slow burn. Wasn’t expecting it to be this way, although I tried not to let this affect my In general, I find Spooner’s works quite entertaining and IĮnjoyed the previous retelling she wrote, Hunted.įelt very different from what I’ve read of Spooner’s work in the past, and I definitely
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