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khaleesimod93's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
I was completely drawn in by the cover. The illustrations through the story were absolutely stunning! It is what made the book enjoyable to me. I went into this book thinking it was a lighter, more tame novel about a child finding her brother. Overall, that's the type of book it was. It also had much darker themes. Themes I wasn't expecting with how cutesy the cover and the age of Prue and Curtis. The writing was captivating and simple. It's definitely perfect for the target audience, I believe. Now, the reason that it wasn't as highly rated for me was that it didn't keep my interest, and the darker themes were unexpected for a middle grade type novel. It's still a good story, and the illustrations are beautiful.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Gun violence
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and War
hypecity's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Infertility
antimony's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
reread review is that i was in the exact right headspace for this book (having been in an on and off state of fixation with the decemberists for the past 7 ish months and fixation with carson ellis's art for 5 of those) and i enjoyed myself quite a bit. was not as fun as the whiz mob and rthe grenadine kid :( SAD! but i do like these illustrations better. i loved the Wood a lot and i also loved getting to force all my friends to look at the illustrations whenever they asked me what i was reading at lunch :). it did drag a tiny bit in a few places but thats ok. one thing i wish is that i remembered my thoughts from when i read half of this as a kid (i didnt finish it for reasons i can't remember but are probably along the lines of i checked something out from the library and got more excited about that and also it had a due date and this didn't) and my old review felt a bit too much like i was bowing to all the negative reviews and also my friend who hates this book but actually i enjoyed it a lot! sorry for the ramble im not so good at writing reviews sometimes.
(old review below)
LOVE the cover. world is quite cool. i do think prue doesn't really seem like a 12 year old. also i started this like a billion times as a kid and wasn't able to actually finish until i read it when i was 15, rather past the target audience. maybe if i read it right now when i have been listening to the decemberists i would enjoy it more though.
(old review below)
LOVE the cover. world is quite cool. i do think prue doesn't really seem like a 12 year old. also i started this like a billion times as a kid and wasn't able to actually finish until i read it when i was 15, rather past the target audience. maybe if i read it right now when i have been listening to the decemberists i would enjoy it more though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, War, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Infertility
A baby is nearly killed as part of a ritual but he survives.
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