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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This is the best book I've read in a while, it has made me so happy and so sad at the same time. I can't put into words how wonderful it is and how much queer joy it has brought me. I live the characters, their relationships, their families and specially their sisters. The book is just wonderful and I have nothing bad to say about itπ
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
This was more focused on religious trauma/being outcast from the church/parental abandonment than I had hoped. A religious reckoning just isnβt really my jam.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Abandonment
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
Yes
This book was so, so, so beautiful and my heart is full π
REVIEW:
Something Wild and Wonderful is a tender love story about finding yourself and letting yourself believe in the good things, in happiness and friendship and love. In this novel we follow Alexei and Ben, who both decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail - Alexei after coming out to his super religious family in the last 20s and being cast out of the family, and Ben after picking a new career path and deciding to try to calm his mind after studying for it and before starting a new job. The two meet pretty quickly into the PCT, after Alexei has been hiking for only a few miles, and after their second encounter on the trail, they decide to stick together. As they uncover new things about one another, their tentative friendship turns into something more. But they'll have to fight their own demons and make peace with them before jumping into something new.
Both Alexei and Ben are characters that you can truly feel in your heart - dealing with scars they were previously dealt, dealing with trauma of being rejected and made to feel unworthy, finding themselves in their late 20s (SO RELATABLE OKAY! We need more main characters that absolutely do not know where their life is going in their 20s. Or 30s. Or 40s.). I am definitely not a hiking gal BUT I lowkey wanted to hike the PCT while reading this (I won't cause like I said, not a hiking gal. Or a no bathroom for days on end gal. Sadly ππ). It just seemed like the perfect backdrop for trying to figure out some things about yourself.
Alexei's and Ben's love story was so perfect from the beginning to the end - how it started slowly, tentatively, before being blown wide open. It was never easy or straightforward. None of them sacrificed more than they could or would give, which is something I possibly loved most. They had to figure some stuff out for themselves before truly dedicating themselves to their relationship. It was realistic and at times heartbreaking, but most of all, filled with hope.
Also don't even get me started on the perfect parallel between their love story and the PCT hike! I could scream about it for days!π
I read Something Wild and Wonderful at just the right time for me, and it gave me solace in so many ways. I will be returning to it again and again and I already know this one will be a 2023 favourite. How could it not be.π₯Ίπ
REP: Russian-American MC, Portuguese-American MC, gay MCsm autistic MC (revealed later on), dealing with trauma, diverse cast of SCs
REVIEW:
Something Wild and Wonderful is a tender love story about finding yourself and letting yourself believe in the good things, in happiness and friendship and love. In this novel we follow Alexei and Ben, who both decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail - Alexei after coming out to his super religious family in the last 20s and being cast out of the family, and Ben after picking a new career path and deciding to try to calm his mind after studying for it and before starting a new job. The two meet pretty quickly into the PCT, after Alexei has been hiking for only a few miles, and after their second encounter on the trail, they decide to stick together. As they uncover new things about one another, their tentative friendship turns into something more. But they'll have to fight their own demons and make peace with them before jumping into something new.
Both Alexei and Ben are characters that you can truly feel in your heart - dealing with scars they were previously dealt, dealing with trauma of being rejected and made to feel unworthy, finding themselves in their late 20s (SO RELATABLE OKAY! We need more main characters that absolutely do not know where their life is going in their 20s. Or 30s. Or 40s.). I am definitely not a hiking gal BUT I lowkey wanted to hike the PCT while reading this (I won't cause like I said, not a hiking gal. Or a no bathroom for days on end gal. Sadly ππ). It just seemed like the perfect backdrop for trying to figure out some things about yourself.
Alexei's and Ben's love story was so perfect from the beginning to the end - how it started slowly, tentatively, before being blown wide open. It was never easy or straightforward. None of them sacrificed more than they could or would give, which is something I possibly loved most. They had to figure some stuff out for themselves before truly dedicating themselves to their relationship. It was realistic and at times heartbreaking, but most of all, filled with hope.
Also don't even get me started on the perfect parallel between their love story and the PCT hike! I could scream about it for days!π
I read Something Wild and Wonderful at just the right time for me, and it gave me solace in so many ways. I will be returning to it again and again and I already know this one will be a 2023 favourite. How could it not be.π₯Ίπ
REP: Russian-American MC, Portuguese-American MC, gay MCsm autistic MC (revealed later on), dealing with trauma, diverse cast of SCs
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced