CodeByJeff reviewed The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd
Long. But worth it.
4 stars
"Michener-esque" is what will immediately spring to mind for readers of this 800 page work.
This is the story of the New Forest, in southern England, and the families that lived there over the centuries. Broken into 9 chapters, each around the time of some significant event in English history, it tells the stories of the "common people" of the time that were at best only loosely related to the greater events of the country.
I found it refreshing to sink deeper into a long tale for a while, but confess I took breaks between story (easily done without losing the plot) to catch up on other reading
