Reviews

The Boy Who Met a Whale by Nizrana Farook

racham1123's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This book was fucking delightful. (And that’s coming from someone who DNFed her last two🫣) 

It’s a fast paced fun adventure story with hidden treasure, villains who feel very piratey to me, new friends and one big adventure. 

It’s whimsical and colorful. Twins Razi and Shira help Zheng escape the bad guys and find hidden treasure. 

Also the narrator was great, loved hearing them read this. 

amy_hobbs's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

elliek_'s review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

dianablanco's review against another edition

4.0

A quick-paced sea adventure story about three friends, buried treasure, running from the enemy, and found family. Would make a good family read-aloud with older children as younger ones might not take to the dangers between captors and kids.

gretapeld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

frida_kahlo's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

story_sanctuary's review against another edition

5.0

This book. There are so many awesome things here. The adventure. Friendship. Siblings. A boy still grieving over his dad's death. Scary pirates. It all works together to create an amazing story that's so beautifully written.

The only part I wish was different is that I wish there had been more scenes with Maalu the whale. She plays an important role, but I guess I wanted more opportunity for Zheng, Shifa, and Razi to spend time with her.

I still enjoyed reading the story so much, and I loved a lot of things about it. The way they worked together to decode the treasure map. All their plans to outsmart the men chasing them. The way the three of them bonded and became close friends.

I really want to read more by Nizrana Farook, so I can't wait to check out her other book.

Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

bookish_penguin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

ksuazo94's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

deeofbkb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0