A review by llkendrick
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy by Jean Craighead George
4.0
One of my favorite books as a kid was My Side of the Mountain and I just recently became aware of the fact that it had been turned into a trilogy. So I reread My Side of the Mountain and read Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain.
I'm happy that a reread My Side because there were big chunks of the plot that I had forgotten about and would have been lost if I had just jumped into Far Side. I still loved My Side, really enjoyed Far Side, but didn't like Frightful's Mountain at all. The second book in this series is about Sam's life with his sister who has joined him on the mountain and about poaching. It held my interest and enjoyed learning more of their survival skills. The third book was from Frightful's perspective and I just don't enjoy hearing an animal's perspective....I think it's cheesy. Plus there was an environmental agenda throughout the whole book that I felt was shoved down my throat. My suggestion if you want to read all three is to read the first two and then read just the last few chapters of Frightful's Mountain so you can see how everything ends.
I'm happy that a reread My Side because there were big chunks of the plot that I had forgotten about and would have been lost if I had just jumped into Far Side. I still loved My Side, really enjoyed Far Side, but didn't like Frightful's Mountain at all. The second book in this series is about Sam's life with his sister who has joined him on the mountain and about poaching. It held my interest and enjoyed learning more of their survival skills. The third book was from Frightful's perspective and I just don't enjoy hearing an animal's perspective....I think it's cheesy. Plus there was an environmental agenda throughout the whole book that I felt was shoved down my throat. My suggestion if you want to read all three is to read the first two and then read just the last few chapters of Frightful's Mountain so you can see how everything ends.