Reviews

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

ale_milcoveanu's review against another edition

4.0

3,75 stars

papamoose23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

pragreads's review against another edition

5.0

This book is 110 percent Awestriking, plus maybe 33 percent Humor, Sarcasm, Badassery, and 7 percent Beauty. It's total is 150 percent, but as a well written, perfectly executed Good Book, this is to be expected.

This was freaking amazing. Sarah Dessen Jandy Nelson amazing. And from me, that is the highest compliment.

Mim is a great character, and her to Cleveland journey is the perfect combination of funny, entertaining, unpredictable, and best of all, it focuses on true friendship and love.

You might know I don't give 5 stars to a perfectly/ properly written book, but to one that touches me, emotionally, and resonates with me. This is definitely one like that.

5/5 stars

joyce_porter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

s_ketchum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Mim is a witty, insightful, dramatic (in the best way) 16-year-old who is determined to uncover the truths her family seems to be hiding from her. She does so by embarking on a cross-country  trip with nothing but a coffee can of money & a mind full of determination to piece it all together. The cast of characters is colorful & their backstories are full of emotion & life. I had no intention of loving this book as much as I did, but it proved to be a beautiful read that I’ll continue to come back to.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

hillmert's review against another edition

5.0

A cross-country adventure told from the point of view of a 16 year old girl, MIM. It has clever, creative dialog, quirky characters, and a lot of heart. The language in the book makes it inappropriate for younger grades (6 and 7), but for mature 8th grade and high school, it is an awesome story. For fans of John Green.

bluebeereads's review against another edition

4.0

Istyria book blog ~ B's world of enchanted books

4.5 stars

Consider my mind blown. I honestly have no idea what I'm going to say in this review. I have no words, guys. I don't! So this'll be a review in which I babble some incoherent things that can be summed up in this gif:



Mosquitoland is about Mim. After her parents got divorced and her dad remarried, he moved from Ohio to Mississippi and took Mim with him, leaving her mother behind. After she learns her mom is sick, Mim ditches everything and hops aboard the Greyhound bus with her stepmother's money. Along the way she meets a bunch of interesting people and she learns to face her own demons.

I swear, so far 2015 is the year of contemporary. I have not read a single one that disappointed me. These authors just keep knocking them out of the park and I'm not complaining. Mosquitoland is a very important story to read. It may be boring for some because nothing really all that exciting happens, but I for one was never bored and I was glued to the pages. This is about Mim and her journey to her mom. This is told in two different ways, there are the normal chapters that tell us what's happening now and there are these letters to a person named Isabelle that tell us what happened in the past. Because of this I just wanted to know more the whole time. I was so invested in Mim's story! The writing was excellent too, it really was.

I am Mary Iris Malone and I am not okay.

The most important part of this book is the characters. I loved them so much! I adored Walt and Beck and Arlene. They were all so wonderful. I also liked Kathy, Mim's stepmom. But I loved Mim the most. She's such a unique character, so strong, witty and wonderfully weird! I loved her voice. But that ending guys. My god. When I turned the last page, I just sat here, speechless. I needed a while for my mind to compute all the feels.

Sometimes a thing’s not a thing until you say it out loud.

Mosquitoland is a strange, sweet, touching and kind of heartbreaking story. I highly recommend this to fans of contemporary and everyone else in the world. This is a must-read, for sure.

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izzyb2009's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

happydayssam's review against another edition

it's a book I didn't think would make me cry but I gotta at I did just a little bit ...

hobbs1's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0