The Romance of the Forest by Radcliffe, Ann. (Oxford University Press, USA,2009) [Paperback]

by Radcliffe

Romance of the Forest (98) by Radcliffe, Ann [Paperback (2009)]

Genres: Classics

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Olde American Spirit · Rating 3 out of 5]

This 1791 gothic novel was wild and absolutely the ultimate spooky, atmospheric story. It's so sensationalized that is almost parody - yet I felt it less sensational than The Mysteries of Udolpho.

📚spooky forest
📚gloomy ruined abbey and characters
📚unsettling found manuscript
📚lots of fainting

I was into in though until it started getting dull around halfway. If the story had wrapped up at at just over 250 pages, I would have loved that. But the remainder was boring!

[Ellan Nelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read, but very similar to The Mysteries of Udolpho.
The description of nature and mountains was so well done and like Udolpho made me wanna go inside the book, to those places in those times.
One negative review, however, would be the many times female, and indeed other feeble characters, are capable of FAINTING in one scene! It should be humanly impossible !

[Robert burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy it much more I’m my re-reading

[Maddy Keen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars: beautiful writing and descriptions; was also a really great representation of romanticism at the time. I don’t really have a ton of objective negatives other than that I found the pacing a bit weird. I think I just don’t loveeee romance, and even though I know some of the narrative elements we find corny today (lots of deus ex machina, plot armor, Mary Sueness of the main character, etc) were conventions of the literary movement, I still found them a little too convenient at times. Overall I’m glad I read this book and I did like it, I just didn’t LOVE it.

[Perrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun read from the Gillian Flynn of the 1790s

[Iguana The Greek ♀]

DNF

[kyla Araneta · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF

[Ariel Jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5