cross-posting my separate review here
One thing I didn’t discuss there, because I wasn’t really sure what to make of it, but I’m curious what others thought about the choice to leave the biome / region of the setting pretty vague. (Or did it ping others and being set in a specific place?) The foraging we see (mushrooms, fish, berries) is available in a lot of places. I do recall there being a lot of birds mentioned in the place descriptions, although I didn’t look them up or anything. On the one hand, it made it largerly relatable, and we’re in a fantasy place anyway. On the other hand, one interesting thing about food is how cuisines develop around local ingredients.