1.13k reviews for:

When You Trap a Tiger

Tae Keller

4.22 AVERAGE

inspireflyreads's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

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This is a tricky review for me. I really struggled with the magical part...I guess I don't believe enough. It made me very confused and lost within the story so much that I stopped reading for awhile. Thinking it was a 2 star...why keep going. But I wanted to know why people loved it. When I finally came back and got passed a lot of the magical parts and to the real life human stuff it became a 3 star. The ending is beautiful, raw, and touching. The magic started to make more sense. Hard to recommend it to my students because I know they will get lost in the slowness, but for a strong/determined reader this is a great read.

dede9800's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

plotsandthreads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

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Definitely need to reread this one day

washedupwizard's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kristport20's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hannahtiffany's review against another edition

5.0

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This book was exactly what I needed after losing my mom to cancer almost two years ago. It made me cry. What a wonderful message about grief and finding yourself! I highly recommend this book!

elderkinhv's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elundberg951's review against another edition

4.5

emotional

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

baileyvk's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: No

kitandbooks's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes