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Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
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While this is beautifully written, I probably wouldn’t have gotten through this without listening to it on audio during a long car ride. I think, as others have noted, it’s the main characters lack of agency that made the story harder to connect to. Things happen to her, mostly caused by others, she literally has no voice for most of the story and even when she does it’s mostly pushed aside. Realistic for the time it’s set in but not a story I love to engage with. Fans of the Winternight trilogy will probably enjoy this, as I found there were similarities, except that protagonist had far more agency. Glad I finally read this but I won’t continue with the series.
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Reading Progress

March 18, 2013 – Shelved
November 28, 2019 – Started Reading
December 14, 2019 –
18.0%
December 29, 2019 – Finished Reading

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Roos When I read it I read it more as a fairy tale than as a regular fantasy book. For me that helped with the lack of immersion but I would never say this book has no problems.


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Megan Dees I think you would enjoy her Blackthorn and Grimm trilogy. I listened to the audiobooks and love them. And Blackthorn definitely has the agency.


Mona I agree completely. That and the incredibly slow pace were my main beefs.


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