Wildwood

by John Farris | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0450426440 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 10/9/2021
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 9, 2021
Far back in the tangled fastnesses of the great Smokey Mountains, estate and house had been abandoned for forty years, ever since the disaster that had destroyed forever a rich man's mad dream. Now the mountain was a haunted place of weird storms, choking undergrowth and strange accidents. Local rumours spoke of half-human, half-mythical creatures that crept and flitted through the hostile, overgrown woods. In spite of the fears of his second-sighted Indian wife, he has taken to prowling the woods, watching, lying in wait. And now, along with an ex-army buddy and his son, he is about to stumble upon the terrible demented dream-made-real that is at the black heart of Wildwood.

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 14, 2021
Not a bad read but it wasn't the scary trip into the woods I was hoping for - billed as a "superior horror/fantasy story" it was lacking on the horror side for me. However, the fantasy element is good, the setting of Wildwood is quite atmospheric at times & it's inhabitants, the Walkouts, are fantastic creatures indeed. The Goat-man & Butterfly Girl could be straight out of a Grimm's fairy tale & described in such a convincing way...but the rest remain shadowy figures on the edge of the story. The human characters, however, I can't say I cared for & I particularly didn't like the teenage Terry & the sexual tension between him & Arn's wife.

There were parts of the book where I felt I wasn't sure what was happening. Well that was okay, it sort of enhanced the unreality of the situation but I thought by the end everything would come clear. Well it didn't, not really - not for me anyway! I got the gist of things, but with the like of the snake/raven conflict & the lantern but I can't explain exactly what was going on so don't ask me! A bit of clarity wouldn't have gone a miss for me & would have maybe explained what I felt were loose ends.
A decent read nevertheless.

Journal Entry 3 by wingPlum-crazywing at Telephone Box Library in Bulmer, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Released 1 yr ago (1/25/2023 UTC) at Telephone Box Library in Bulmer, North Yorkshire United Kingdom

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