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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
A pretty awesome survival story - but the revenge bit at the end felt rushed. The whole book is very fast paced and great (as others have mentioned) for fans of "Hatchet".
Strangely, this book was marked as a romance on the spine, which is wrong. It has no romance and I don't know why the library marked it that way? I was confused when I got the book because from what I knew, it had no romance. I was right - no romance. Just survival.
*contains light swearing*
Strangely, this book was marked as a romance on the spine, which is wrong. It has no romance and I don't know why the library marked it that way? I was confused when I got the book because from what I knew, it had no romance. I was right - no romance. Just survival.
*contains light swearing*
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
BEFORE
Jess hadn't seen her dad in many years. She didn't know much about him, other than the fact that he left her and her mom to go live in the wilderness of Alaska. She didn't really care to know him, though, because she and her mom were getting along just fine without him. But when her mom died in a horrible car crash, she needed someone to look after her and bring her to all of the physical therapy and doctor's appointments she would need to recover from her own injuries. Jess had family friends who wanted to care for her, but she ended up with a foster family that had more experience in dealing with medical needs such as hers. And then, before long, it was decided that Jess would go to live with her dad in Alaska.
AFTER
Now that Jess has lost both of her parents and been stranded in the Canadian wilderness, she isn't sure how long she can last. As if being all alone (except for a dog) with hardly any knowledge of survival skills isn't bad enough, there is only one person who knows exactly where her dad was staying -- and Griff isn't due to come back for months. Winter is coming on strong and Jess has no shelter or food, but her recovery thus far has helped her to hone her grit and determination like never before. She knows she might very well die, but Jess is intent on working to keep herself alive until she can be found and rescued.
I am not always a big fan of this back-and-forth style of storytelling, but it worked extremely well for this story. I found it especially helpful that the before and after were so very different that there was no chance I would get confused. Fans of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet will definitely want to check this one out.
Happy Reading!
Jess hadn't seen her dad in many years. She didn't know much about him, other than the fact that he left her and her mom to go live in the wilderness of Alaska. She didn't really care to know him, though, because she and her mom were getting along just fine without him. But when her mom died in a horrible car crash, she needed someone to look after her and bring her to all of the physical therapy and doctor's appointments she would need to recover from her own injuries. Jess had family friends who wanted to care for her, but she ended up with a foster family that had more experience in dealing with medical needs such as hers. And then, before long, it was decided that Jess would go to live with her dad in Alaska.
AFTER
Now that Jess has lost both of her parents and been stranded in the Canadian wilderness, she isn't sure how long she can last. As if being all alone (except for a dog) with hardly any knowledge of survival skills isn't bad enough, there is only one person who knows exactly where her dad was staying -- and Griff isn't due to come back for months. Winter is coming on strong and Jess has no shelter or food, but her recovery thus far has helped her to hone her grit and determination like never before. She knows she might very well die, but Jess is intent on working to keep herself alive until she can be found and rescued.
I am not always a big fan of this back-and-forth style of storytelling, but it worked extremely well for this story. I found it especially helpful that the before and after were so very different that there was no chance I would get confused. Fans of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet will definitely want to check this one out.
Happy Reading!
If you love bleak survival stories, this one is for you. The atmospheric prose half convinced me it would be cold when I stepped outside in September...in Texas.
Read the rest of my review at Bookish Adventures.
Read the rest of my review at Bookish Adventures.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
shoutout to a middle grade survival novel! this was a fun detour from my typical reads and i liked the style of it, how individual the protagonist’s voice was and how she carried the story with very few side characters
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There was a dog in the woods… protecting her… I should’ve known
This was fine :) a little slow, a little repetitive, a little lacking in the characterization department but a fine lil survival story.
This was fine :) a little slow, a little repetitive, a little lacking in the characterization department but a fine lil survival story.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A bit of Hatchet, a bit of Hanna, a bit of Hunger Games. Its a successful survival story about a teen girl in the wilderness. My biggest issues were that I never liked her dad, I'm not sure if I was supposes to or not?