Wildwood

Review

I bought this because the trailer for Laika’s adaptation dropped a few weeks ago. The trailer is one of the best I have ever seen, so I felt inclined to read the source before the movie. The book is somewhat a kid’s book, I would put it alongside A Series of Unfortunate Events or Spiderwick. A major difference is most of those books are pretty short, and this one is some 500 pages. I do think it is a little too long for what it is doing and I ended up skimming through some parts because they felt a little rote and a little overwritten. Still, it’s a fanciful world and I liked the characters. While I doubt I continue the series, I’m very much looking forward to the film.