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I've been curious about this book for a while so I finally picked it up (on my Kindle) and I'm glad I did!
If you're looking for a deeply atmospheric book that is reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, this is definitely the book for you. Brooding, haunting, and yet lyrical, The Lerewood is wrapped up in themes of monsters, beauty, truth and perception.
I read it all in one sitting and was quite snappish if anyone interrupted me! I can't wait to see what else Andrea Churchill comes out with. ...more
If you're looking for a deeply atmospheric book that is reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, this is definitely the book for you. Brooding, haunting, and yet lyrical, The Lerewood is wrapped up in themes of monsters, beauty, truth and perception.
I read it all in one sitting and was quite snappish if anyone interrupted me! I can't wait to see what else Andrea Churchill comes out with. ...more
The Lerewood is a fantasical tale of a village surrounded by mystery. Why does no why die of disease? What is the "monster" who keeps the village people from wandering? Andrea Churchill's debut novel is full of everything you'd want in a fantasy story.
Legends speak of a place called Lerewood, an isolated little village set in the middle of an immeasurable, ghostly wood. The townspeople suffer from severe poverty and filth, living more like savage animals than a cultured civilization. However, de ...more
Legends speak of a place called Lerewood, an isolated little village set in the middle of an immeasurable, ghostly wood. The townspeople suffer from severe poverty and filth, living more like savage animals than a cultured civilization. However, de ...more
From the very beginning, Andrea Churchill pulls empathy out of her readers. She effortlessly gives life to Uallas, the protagonist, by painting a derelict, shriveled, middle-aged man without a place in the world. The imagery used in defining Lerewood and all of its inhabitants is thought provoking and riddled with eeriness. Churchill demonstrates a knack for story-telling right up to the very end. This was a quick read for me, and quite honestly hard to put down. I generally shy away from fantas
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Sep 29, 2018
David Raven
marked it as to-read
