The Nothingness Forest is the tale of a young girl who finds maturity in her long journey though a forest. She begins the story as an innocent child and inevitable discovers that without companionship humans become lifeless things. This coming of age story would be most enjoyed by those who want to study the aspect of maturity. These people may include adolescents who have recently lost their innocence.
I truly enjoyed this story. The author did a wonderful job of displaying the different stages a child goes through when maturing. The sensory details in the story were also very vivid, making it easy to imagine the setting. She also added the interesting element of the character being stranded in a forest. This promotes rapid maturing and the learning of lessons that would have not been otherwise learned. This relates back to my life due to the fact I am too discovering that life is nothing if you have no one to share it with. I strongly belive the quote “the created can be lifeless, can be a thing, and that the joy of life needs both a striking surface and a match in order to glimmer” is true.
The author Margareta Ekstrom, lives in Sweden. She has published thirty wonderful works. She has been known to write with great wit and affection for life. In her work The Nothingness Forest she exposes wonders and hardships that can be experienced as you go through life.
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