Frecklemaid reviewed Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
Review of 'Wakenhyrst' on 'Goodreads'
DNF at 37%
I can't read any more thinly (not at all) veiled rants about the mistreatment of women in the past. The depth of critique for antiquated and religious social practices is about equivalent to what I'd come up with at 9, and laid on so thick that you can't go a page without a miscarriage, tight laced corsets or the assertion that women cannot be more intelligent than a blowfly. This makes it impossible to root for or care about any of the characters and the scariest thing to happen is the 'plain' rich girl falling for her gardner because he smells a tad unwashed.