Talk:The Forest

Review of reviewness
Time for to my review. :P

The Forest serves as Logan’s entry to the Spring Writing Contest and focuses on a heavily personified forest and its reaction to Niha.

I’ll begin by saying that the author has done a good job of describing the forest’s transition from winter to spring. The personification of the forest begins early into the story. The way the trees are ‘beckoning’ really emphasises how the forest has been awaiting the arrival of spring and highlights the contrast between winter and spring.

Some parts of the story feel somewhat out of place, such as the part about the ground squirrel. For me, this paragraph did not really contribute to the quality of the story. This may be because the entirety of the story focuses on the forest and the sudden change in focus to a ground squirrel, which only lasts one short paragraph, disrupts the flow of the story.

The transition into spring comes into full view and is a nice section of the story. One of the highlights of the story for me would be ‘each glistening blade [of grass] catching some of the sunlight’. This really shows off the author’s descriptive language, however, I think that the author could have used a wider range of descriptive techniques.

Then The Forest begins to shift towards the oncoming Niha. Unlike the ground squirrel, however, the author uses the forest itself to convey the description of Niha to the audience—a nice touch. The way the forest deliberates about Niha’s ability to be alive it reflects with the forest’s ability to think. The author has skilfully linked the two throughout this passage of the story. The personification in this part of the story may have been a little heavy, although this may just be down to my personal preference.

Overall, The Forest is a well-written short story and displays some of LoganWoerner’s writing skills, who has done a great job of capturing the essence of spring. It does very well to link both the forest itself and Niha, something I feel is one of the story’s highlights. The story is not without its problems which seem to disrupt the otherwise seamless flow of this story.

Taking all of that into account, I give this story a B.

Rando 07  16:53, February 25, 2014 (UTC)