Elska Bee reviewed Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson
Review of 'Wolves of Winter' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I had a lot of issues with this, but there were two that were the most eye-roll inducing:
- The main character was frustratingly "not like other girls". Her name is Gwendolyn but 'Gwen' is a "stupid" name so she goes by Lynn. She has a flashback in which she's riding a bike but it's "a six speed mountain bike. Not girly at all". I could go on, but I'll spare you
- The main character is specifically labelled as smart. As in, Lynn skipped a grade and was still smarter than everyone in her class BUT she's frustratingly oblivious to the blindingly obvious. I don't know if the author thinks the reader can't put two and two together or just forgot to make the main character make any logical assumptions?
There were interesting moments, and I enjoyed the choppy writing style that kept things moving relatively quickly. I think …
I had a lot of issues with this, but there were two that were the most eye-roll inducing:
- The main character was frustratingly "not like other girls". Her name is Gwendolyn but 'Gwen' is a "stupid" name so she goes by Lynn. She has a flashback in which she's riding a bike but it's "a six speed mountain bike. Not girly at all". I could go on, but I'll spare you
- The main character is specifically labelled as smart. As in, Lynn skipped a grade and was still smarter than everyone in her class BUT she's frustratingly oblivious to the blindingly obvious. I don't know if the author thinks the reader can't put two and two together or just forgot to make the main character make any logical assumptions?
There were interesting moments, and I enjoyed the choppy writing style that kept things moving relatively quickly. I think the large number of flashbacks messed with the pacing a lot, sometimes they worked, but a lot of times they felt like they were there as page fillers. I can see an audience for this for sure, but the hyper-masculinity throughout the book was tiresome for me personally.
It wasn't a terrible read, just deeply mediocre.