A review by alyssahedge
Outcast by Michelle Paver

5.0

Tyler, 8yrs, said it was very dramatic and very good. He really likes this series.

Update 3/17/13 - my review:
Now I know what Tyler meant by dramatic. This book tore my heart out. It was so hard to watch Torak go through so many painful experiences - becoming an outcast and watching him suffer from soul-sickness. He begins to make choices that are against the laws of the Forest and clans. I found myself shocked and fearing for him. The pain that wolf feels as he is rebuffed by Torak and finding himself caught between two clans. Then as if there couldn't be more...finding out the secret that Renn has been carrying all this time.

This by far has been the darkest book in the series. I did not realize just how invested I was in these characters until we all had to go on this painful journey together. And while Soul Eater was also quite dark - there was a sense of many against the evil. I felt more hopeful. Being an outcast in this book.. Torak being completely alone; it felt so very hopeless.

This remains Tyler and I's favorite series. Onto the Oath Breaker....