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Absolutely Brilliant! Reminded me a bit of "The Beach" but whereas the main character of "The Beach" was the beach, the main character of "The Mosquito Coast" was the genius, arrogant, strong and harsh father Allie Fox.

It is amazing how much he achieves in the middle of the jungle but it's also amazing and a disturbing how bad he treats his family and what he makes them endure.

After reading this, I don't have any intention to visit the Honduras jungle, sounds like a tough place to live.

mallorycjaeger's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

ana3333's review against another edition

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2.0

Did not finish. It's not necessarily a bad book, just not really what I wanted in a novel. I was reading this because I'd been told it was an excellent adventure/survivalist novel, but I was a quarter of the way through, and it was still just "kid follows crazy man around while he rants." Overall, too much talk (on topics I really didn't care for) and not enough action or nature for me.

furs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

murakamiangel's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

meljon's review against another edition

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2.0

I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't get into it. The dialogue was weirdly written and I really got sick of Allie's tirades. I made it about half way through and just didn't want to read it anymore so I skipped to the end to see how it ended.

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