by J. A. White
I'm still so very conflicted about this book. The truth of the matter is that no matter what I write, it's not going to be exactly what I want to say. I had to take a few days to mull over how I felt about The Thickety: A Path Begins before even trying to compose a review. It started out with all th...
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One of the best ways to tell if you really enjoyed a book (or are eagerly awaiting the sequel at least) is if you start getting anxious towards the end of the book because things aren't wrapping up and there are only a few pages left and with the last page you yell "GODDAMNIT" and start kicking thin...
My thoughts on this book are all over the place. I thought it had an interesting premise and at the beginning was very intriqued by the idea of the Thickety itself. As I read, I was often confused as I snatched at bits of information about the setting - I didn't feel like it was being artfully slow...
Read in one evening. This is a clever book that brought me back to when I read The Witch of Blackbird Pond (multiple times) as a kid. There was also an echo of The Crucible and another famous short story I won't mention by name (it could create a spoiler). Nods to some of the great witch and small t...