A History of Wild Places - Review

𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨

𝘈 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 by Shea Ernshaw

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I can’t say much about this book because I feel like anything I say will be a spoiler. But I’ll say this, it was a good missing persons mystery with a twist I’m sure most people won’t see coming. I have a curse, I always guess the twist, which ruins the surprise when the big reveal happens. And to be honest, the one answer I needed, I was unhappy with. The guts of the story were great, I loved getting to know all the characters and trying to figure out what was happening in Pastoral. I just felt like the conclusion was lacking.

In lots of ways, I was reminded of The Village while reading this one. And for the same reasons I disliked the ending of that movie are why I didn’t like the way this book ended. I felt cheated like the ending wasn’t as well thought out as the rest of the story. Like it just needed an ending and then another ending to give a solid conclusion and a happy ending of a sort.

Overall, this was a good read. It had a good pace and intriguing characters. I was just disappointed in the ending.