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kgormley's review
emotional
hopeful
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? No
4.75
I really enjoyed this book, but it is not an easy read (or listen) ... definitely not for the faint-of-heart. I am pretty sure I'd last about 2 minutes out there on the trail west. Those people faced more hardships that we can even imagine and this story brought a lot of that to life. More than once I wanted to cry along with the characters for the things they were having to endure. If you can handle the occasional descriptions of violence, blood and gore (there is also one rape scene), and the occasional language, I would recommend this very moving story. I think I will read other titles by this author in the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Rape and Cursing
alyse_turns_pages's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
-historical fiction
-strong character development
-forbidden love
-grief
-two cultures at odds with moments of understanding, grace and peace.
A journey following Naomi and her family to California via the Oregon Trail.
Reading about the dangers travelers faced while making this trek gave me anxiety. From Cholera, to giving birth, inclement weather, and wagon malfunctions…so many things can and often didn’t wring for these people.
My favorite part of this book is near the end and I won’t give spoilers but the tenderness, compassion and understanding that was given to these characters at the end was touching and meaningful.
I will say the beginning of this book was a tad slow. Setting the scene and building momentum. Once I hit about 60% I knew I was hooked in until I finished it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Violence, Rape, and Racism
voyage_of_a_time_wanderer's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death
soniafriemel's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
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
5.0
i loved this book from the beginning. the love between naomi and john is so pure and beautiful but the story is so much more than that. this book made me laugh, squeal, blush, cry and everything in between. pls read it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, and Rape
in_love_with_bookish's review
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I’m blown away by how much I didn‘t care. I sure as hell surprised myself with my reaction to this story. I felt underwhelmed, distanced, and indifferent and I just don’t know where all of it came from.
We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence.
Where the Lost Wander is the type of story that should rip my heart to pieces and make me sob but I felt nothing. The disconnection was unreal and as much as I tried to care, I simply couldn’t. I knew how I was supposed to feel about the story but I did not feel any of it.
I understand what people are loving the story, It is a story about loss, family, grief and it’s an epic love story as well. A lot of people can relate to that easily and Amy Harmon has a beautiful writing style that just hits hard and deep.
It is impossible to explain to someone who is surrounded by their own language and people just how lonely it is to not understand and to not be understood.
For me, I really struggled to engage in the story and to invest in the characters and their journeys. I also didn’t really feel the love story the way I should. Honestly, I was also bored and kept getting distracted easily. The story failed to captivate me and keep me intrigued so the reading experience was a hard one for me, I kept rereading chapters because my mind kept wandering. I kept forgetting characters' names because there were many of them and the author didn’t develop them that much to make them different. I just struggled big time and that cost me everything.
But I’ll say to take this review with a grain of salt. This is a well-loved story and It has a lot of elements I’m sure will appeal to a lot of readers. If you can connect to the characters, you’ll definitely enjoy it way more than me.
If nothing matters, then there’s no point. If everything matters, there’s no purpose. The trick is to find firm ground between the two ways of being.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Violence
kristijospud's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault
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