millyfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Child death
josefineisreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts
jeanne05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism
Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts
pabi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
debosmitathereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Death
Moderate: Murder and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
wet_towlette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence
sglance9's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cannibalism, Excrement, and Death of parent
karyleighjoy's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Animal death
ricksilva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The story, centered around a boy trapped on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger that was part of a shipment of zoo animals being transported to North America from India, works best in its humorous moments. The background of the main character, who embraced multiple religions growing up, is engaging and entertaining.
The survival-story that makes up the bulk of the book is intended to be primarily symbolic, but is reasonably engaging as survival stories go, with the interactions between human and tiger the most interesting aspect. The ending is dragged out, and then given an alternative narrative to end on an ambiguous note leaving the reader to decide which is the "better story", but while it made a certain logical sense, I didn't find it all that satisfying a conclusion.
This was an entertaining read, but didn't live up to the hype of either the story's setup or it's popularity.
Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Cannibalism
lilyemmaaa's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Excrement, Death, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cannibalism, Blood, War, and Vomit