A review by elysephone_escapes
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, by Dusti Bowling
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
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? N/A
5.0
I picked this one up while browsing my Libby shelves and hardly expected to fall in love with it as much as I did!
The characters were all so charming, interesting, cute and fun to listen to and are definitely what made it a five-stars for me. The story was perfect amounts of real and mysterious and honestly what a perfect title.
I didn't think the ending "reveals" was the direction it was going to go, and I'm still not sure if I 100% liked it, but I didn't hate it! I actually had the most fun in about the early-middle, when Aven was making friends and they were just doing fun kids things.
It also speaks a lot on disability, of course, and explores a lot of conversations. I would love to know what disabled readers think of this books approach to these topics.
Hopefully I'll do a full review of this book - maybe even a journal entry! I'm really surprised at how much I loved it on just a whim choice!
The characters were all so charming, interesting, cute and fun to listen to and are definitely what made it a five-stars for me. The story was perfect amounts of real and mysterious and honestly what a perfect title.
I didn't think the ending "reveals" was the direction it was going to go, and I'm still not sure if I 100% liked it, but I didn't hate it! I actually had the most fun in about the early-middle, when Aven was making friends and they were just doing fun kids things.
It also speaks a lot on disability, of course, and explores a lot of conversations. I would love to know what disabled readers think of this books approach to these topics.
Hopefully I'll do a full review of this book - maybe even a journal entry! I'm really surprised at how much I loved it on just a whim choice!