Reviews

Evie and the Animals by Matt Haig

tammie_2207's review

4.0

Read- August 2019 for The N.E.W.Ts (My E in Care of Magical Creatures), The Basically 24 Hour Readathon and The Magical All Nighter
- I have to say that Matt Haig is one of my all time favourite authors. I haven't read any of his adult novels yet but I've adored all of his middle grade novels. Haig manages to put such important topics into his books in the most subtle ways.

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

wendy_verbiest's review against another edition

4.0

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emjrey's review

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Adorable! No wonder my 8 year old enjoyed this. 

aisaaraujo's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

emmacb's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Class reading book. It's fun, and the kids are enjoying it but I'd say it's a little simple - I teach a fairly able year 4 class, and I wouldn't say it's particularly stretching them in terms of vocabulary and so on.

samskie88's review

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

adventuresinabookshop's review

5.0

Matt Haig’s latest book for children is a joy to read. We follow the 11 year old protagonist Evie, as she overcomes challenges to discover the importance of being true to yourself and that being kind is a strength. It is a fast paced novel with some emotional twists and turns which will keep you gripped from start to finish. In the authors own words, this is a book suitable for age “8 to 88”.

kindofdanceit's review

3.0

This is truly a Haig book, in the best way.
It goes by pretty much the same formula of positive message with easy and accessible writing.
The message is simple and clear for all audiences but the writing is pretty basic, more so than in his other children's books.

That said, Evie is a wonderful little girl with the best Talent one could ever have, safe to say she has The Talent all children would want. I really wish we could all look at all animals and humans the way she does: she loves all animals no matter how different or deadly they are.

Evie is the best!

anja_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Evie besitzt eine Gabe, die er ihr ermöglicht die Gedanken von Tieren zu hören und sich mit ihnen zu unterhalten. Doch wenn sie ihre Fähigkeit einsetzt bringt sie nicht nur sich selbst, sondern auch ihre ganze Familie in Gefahr.
Die Geschichte ist gefüllt von Freundschaft, Abenteuer und Witz. Es werden jedoch nebenbei auch wichtige Themen wie Tier- und Umweltschutz und der Umgang mit falschen Freunden behandelt. Interessant sind außerdem die vielen, wissenswerten Fakten rund um die Tierwelt, die Evie im laufe der Geschichte erzählt.
Der Hauptkonflikt kam meiner Meinung nach ein wenig zu kurz. Nach der Einleitung in das Problem befand sich der Leser schon direkt in der Problemlösung drinnen, wobei ich mir dabei vielleicht noch ein wenig Story darum herum gewünscht habe. Der Kampf am Ende wurde sehr schnell beendet, ohne viel Spannung zu erzeugen.
Trotz all dessen mochte ich das Buch sehr gerne und würde es auch an Groß und Klein weiterempfehlen.