The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
ellasreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
fishwearingsocks88's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.75
hayleyyyreads's review against another edition
3.0
good dose of nostalgia and home, I will never get tired of reading jackie french’s books even if they don't quite hit the same as they did when I was younger
ellingtonfeint's review against another edition
4.0
Ok, so there was a fair few parts in this book that were not clean reading, which I don't like, so I'm going to ignore them in this review, just like I skipped them in the book when I could. I wonder if they were included simply because the time frame of story is more modern or if most readers who started this series in the YA section are adults now.
I loved all the snippets and recipes at the beginning of each chapter, I would always read through them at the end too, so that great.
It's so interesting to see all these characters progressing more towards modern day and modern issues. I love seeing them all in different stages of life each book.
Rose as a character I loved being introduced to. And seeing a different side to Banjo Patterson! Even though Jed said in her book that she wanted it to be about Rose but it turned into a Clancy book, this book started as a Clancy book, but for me, I felt it was more a rose book.
Maria was awesome too, she was an amazing character.
And I loved that there was more included about the land, and information about it, I find it all so fascinating, and important, while realising that much of it, I will never know.
I'm guessing the next book will be about Mattie and Clancy, and in a way, be the 'never was' between their namesakes.
I loved all the snippets and recipes at the beginning of each chapter, I would always read through them at the end too, so that great.
It's so interesting to see all these characters progressing more towards modern day and modern issues. I love seeing them all in different stages of life each book.
Rose as a character I loved being introduced to. And seeing a different side to Banjo Patterson! Even though Jed said in her book that she wanted it to be about Rose but it turned into a Clancy book, this book started as a Clancy book, but for me, I felt it was more a rose book.
Maria was awesome too, she was an amazing character.
And I loved that there was more included about the land, and information about it, I find it all so fascinating, and important, while realising that much of it, I will never know.
I'm guessing the next book will be about Mattie and Clancy, and in a way, be the 'never was' between their namesakes.
angeldu's review against another edition
4.0
And so the saga closes and we return back to when it all started, with Matilda O'Halloran. It follows the two storylines of Jed Kelly, in the 1980s and Horatio Clancy, in the decades before and during federation. It is also about Rose Clancy, an aboriginal woman kidnapped from her parents and her love.
This is a fitting conclusion, 9 books and 9 years of my life I've spent reading those books. The Matilda Saga has followed me growing up, a century of history laid down beneath me. Many beautiful characters have been explored, and I love how meta this last book is with French putting herself into the bush writer Jed. This series has been stunning, one of Australia's modern classics
This is a fitting conclusion, 9 books and 9 years of my life I've spent reading those books. The Matilda Saga has followed me growing up, a century of history laid down beneath me. Many beautiful characters have been explored, and I love how meta this last book is with French putting herself into the bush writer Jed. This series has been stunning, one of Australia's modern classics
kateyjay's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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? No
5.0
onlybubbly's review against another edition
3.0
good dose of nostalgia and home, I will never get tired of reading jackie french’s books even if they don't quite hit the same as they did when I was younger
bookish_teacher_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0