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emilymazzara's review against another edition
3.0
Cute story and a really amazing original storytelling concept. Very fun audiobook listen.
raggedyme's review against another edition
3.0
It’s very cute and has clever names.. It’s a musical which I didn’t care for in an audio book.
em_n_ay's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
iffer's review against another edition
2.0
Cute story with positive messages about being true to yourself but still doing what's right and fulfilling your responsibilities. I didn't love this, and I found the songs to be annoying, but I am also not the target child audience. I enjoyed the world-building, which was playful (I'm not going to be a stickler for this being hard sci-fi, because that's just ridiculous).
kdtoverbooked's review against another edition
4.0
This is a good upper elementary book. I loved the way the song was mixed in with the story. I think the themes of being at odd’s with your parents dreams for you would start to be relevant in this group. I loved his relationships and I thought the ending was a lot of fun too. I’d definitely listen to a follow up story. It’s a 3.5 star book but I rounded up because I felt the overall GR rating was a little low.
sartreia's review against another edition
3.0
Initially did not enjoy the annoying-voice style that is consistent with so many popular cartoons (South Park, Simpsons, etc), but I forced myself to finish the story and I don't mind that I did. Gustafer grew on me in the end. He's plucky, imaginative, and a lot like a lot of kids I have known.
kelli7990's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I listened to this on Audible and I enjoyed it. This was a lot of fun and I liked the music.
pishmoffle's review against another edition
4.0
Really sweet and well-produced children's story with some great music.
smorancie's review against another edition
3.0
Very cute. Lots of songs. It was like listening to a children's show and ended on a kind of cliffhanger, so I expect there are/will be more stories.
romankurys's review against another edition
2.0
No. I could not wait for this to finish. It was dreadful.
The only thing that makes me give this 2 stars, instead of 1, was this one song that is still playing in my head and the fact that Gustafer and I both dislike raisins.
"I'm from the Sun...blah blah blah".
I was bored most of the story and all the singing drove me absolutely bonkers.
It was like a musical. I understand a song here and there, but every 10 minutes?
Why? Just why?
I hated just about every other song here, but to be fair, I am hardly a target audience for this story, so my own fault for picking it up.
Plot: 1
The description sounded pretty good to me. Something different, original. I enjoy exploring every now and then and venturing out of my usual range. This one, however, was a mistake. I guess comes with the territory of venturing out and exploring, huh?
The plot was utterly boring to me. Nothing about it interested me or kept me going. I do read quite a bit of Middle Grade and YA titles, and there are a ton that I love, but this one was just a big miss. All I cared about was for it to come to an end since I do not leave stories unfinished.
Its the principle of the matter for me.
Sun here is basically Earth. Everything works exactly the same with minor differences, like head shape and the fact that everyone loves raisins. Also something about Sunling hearts. I don't remember what anymore. I was just plowing through it to put it behind.
Characters: 2
Run of the mill protagonist, a couple of bullies that bully him, a sympathetic girl that cheers him on, a family that has their own ideas about Gustafer's future without asking him and a Sun's "legend" that moved into the neighborhood.
All felt standard, same...run of the mill. Blah Blah Blah.
Setting: 1
Same problem I described with the plot. Sun was just not different enough. There was so much here that could have been awesome. Instead, we are stuck with Earth as we know it and every behavior we know here is there on the Sun. Everyone looks similar to us, except their heads. And this random love of raisins was driving me crazy. Also, does not help that I cannot stand raisins.
That was one thing Gustefer and I had in common. We both can't stand raisins.
That's it. Nothing else.
No recommendation here. Just run away.
Roman "Ragnar"