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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Yes
Reading Lex and Ben's story was so sweet. These two boys have been through so much, and choosing to have them hiking the PCT for the plot was such an innovative move from Kelly. I would have loved to get to know these two even better, as there was still so much we just barely skimmed the surface of. There was a lot of plot packed into this book, and I was worried about how it was going to be wrapped up as I neared the end of the book with so much left unsolved/unsaid. The beginning was definitely stronger than the end, but I still really enjoyed this one!
funny
lighthearted
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Things I really liked:
-Ben and Alexei
-personal growth arcs that felt earned
-Benquitting the trail and it still being considered a major accomplishment
-how religion was brought into alexei’s story
Less so:
- pacing
- I didn’t think that the transition from the letters to the end felt even
Love Anita Kelly and thought this one was so lovely, if you’re emotionally in a place to do a “later in life coming out plus trauma” story
-Ben and Alexei
-personal growth arcs that felt earned
-Ben
-how religion was brought into alexei’s story
Less so:
- pacing
- I didn’t think that the transition from the letters to the end felt even
Love Anita Kelly and thought this one was so lovely, if you’re emotionally in a place to do a “later in life coming out plus trauma” story
While this is a well written book and quite moving in parts, I found it the pacing too slow. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mode for it since it was a lot of angst and internal monologue. The majority of the book is spent in internal dialogue, which makes sense since this book is about two people exploring themselves and who they want to be. It just dragged for me. I really wanted to love this book, maybe I just had too high expectations for it.