Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, 1)

Super underrated book! I read this all and it was a great story. it was very cheap for hardcover $6 (or maybe it was on sale) no complaints. Love it!

I bought this used for cheap and it didn't even look like anyone opened the book. It was in great condition. I love the story and the illustrations in the book. I Cannot wait for this to become a movie when Laika Studios releases this.

For the past several years-since eye surgery-I have been buying my 'books' primarily from Audible. I decided to purchase this good in paper format due to the number of negative comments about the narrator on the Audible book. I'm quite glad I did!I've been reading this aloud to my 9 year old grand daughter, who is a big fan of her own collection of Audible books which I have purchased for her. The fast couple of weeks, I've been reading this delightful book to her before she falls asleep. We snuggle down in my bed and I read while she listens. Words she doesn't understand, she asks me about and she seems to enjoy, very much, my reading to her. This is something I used to do to my own children in the 1960s-70s-and 80s, when my children were younger.Reading aloud, one grasps a true sense of this novel, the adventure of Prue and her search for her brother, Max. Their discovering of what the Wildwood really is and so on. I find this book wonderful for such a read and have to admit to reading ahead because I was caught up in the story and didn't want to stop.The prose in writing is almost surrealistic - as a Portland, Oregon native, the referencing he streets and cities that I'm familiar with is, additionally, a nice experience. Portland isn't like New York City, where novel after novel is based in the surroundings so having little Portland drawn out and put to good use is wonderful.I hike in Forest Park, where the Impassable Wilderness/Wildwood is located. Since I began reading, my hikes have become more interesting as I try to decide if a scene takes place here or there. Kudos to the author for imagination and for "writing what one knows".The last time I became so drawn in to a story based in PDX was the Grimm TV series. The Chelsea Cain mysteries are also based here but I didn't enjoy the referencing quite as much as Wildwood.The author has a wonderful imagination and being able to pen a longish novel that appeals to both a 71 year old grand mother and a 9 year old child is indicative of a real talent. Kudos and keep those stories coming!

I listened to the book (Amanda Plummer narrates and she is excellent). But I also wanted a physical copy as it really is a classic story. It is an imaginative yarn woven through Portland's giant park. I enjoyed the universe building. It was a bit more violent than I expected it to be. Might be better for teens and adults, than young kids. Unless they are mature readers... I would have done fine with it when I was eleven as I was already reading Homer by then... but some parents/kids might find the amount of bloodshed a little surprising. But it is a big tale of politics between three geographical entities and two young kids who find themselves at the center of things. I liked Curtis's evolution from clueless but well intentioned, to a boy with confidence and direction.

This is one of the best books I've ever read to my kids (and we read constantly!) They loved the story and were hooked from early on, and the illustrations are perfect as well. The characters are all interesting and have depth, and the adventure the kids go on is fantastic. Living in Portland I especially loved the way the magical world of the story is weaved in with the real world, making it seem like the impassible wilderness really was just a short walk away. We've started on the next book (Under Wildwood) and are loving it as well, but I'll review that one as soon as we're done.Thank you for writing and illustrating this! (I would love to see Wes Anderson turn this into a movie by the way...)

I loved this book it was hard to get through it at first but it became very interesting and I am not I book reader but ya know.I felt as if no one really died I kinda thought they would put tension but it didn’t so ya:)Felt long

H'okay, let's get this started. Did you read all those negative reviews? Did you know none of them have a degree in creative writing? I do. Did you know I am an adult approaching 30 and I read these last year? Now you do.Wildwood is the BEST YA series out there right now. Colin weaves a fantastical world surrounding the adorable city of Portland, though he focuses mostly on the northern side, that's FINE, but ultimately it's amazing.You get two VERY RELATABLE characters and SEE THEIR CHARACTER growth through the lens of colin's writing. Any child will be happy to read this, any adult will find that within a few pages they can't put it down.Seriously, I'm ashamed of some of these reviews, like have they ever read a Young Adult series before? You want to know who's not relatable? Harry. Katniss. Bella? Looking for an innocent story that doesn't focus on a generic child's puberty? Wildwood is your answer. Ignore the haters

Gente , demorou muito para ser enviado, e o corte parece que foi feito à mão O livro é muito lindo cheio de ilustrações porém, péssimo acabamento das folhas, tinha visto já um outro comentário falando sobre isso mas como fazia muito tempo achei que a Amazon já teria arrumado esse problema mas parece que não agora é correr atrás de tentar consertar

The book was extremely nice for reading. I also read it to my little brother, he loved it. Story is beautifully written and illustrations are captured as the way the story was written. Really liked the book. Would highly recommend.

Fille de 9 ans et garçon de 13 ans ont adoré cette série

The illustrations are what attracted me at first, I follow Carson Ellis’s work and love it. When I opened the amazon package and saw the book I felt so thrilled, it is a jewl in itself. The story is full of amazing characters, it is witty and there are plenty of surprises.

Handlung und Stil haben mir gut gefallen. Auch finden sich in der Geschichte viele originelle Ideen. Umso bedauerlicher, dass viele der Randprotagonisten vielversprechend angedeutet werden, um dann sehr schnell wieder aus der Handlung zu verschwinden. Auch sterben auffallend viele Figuren in dem Buch, ohne dass das allgemeine Blutvergießen den beiden Hauptcharakteren viel auszumachen scheint. Zwar wird manchmal ihre "Verzweiflung" erwähnt - die spürt man aber nur im Zusammenhang mit dem verlorenen Kleinkind. Warum wiegt dessen möglicher Tod so viel mehr als all der anderen?Schade, ich hatte mir viel mehr versprochen. - Trotzdem: tolle Illustrationen und das Buch liest sich nicht schlecht und bietet immerhin Anregungen für die eigenen Fantasie.