Reviews

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

mehrymehriss'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

hail7203's review

challenging hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

kduffy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

4.75

sallymentzer25's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

suvata's review against another edition

3.0

This book begins in 1853 when John Lowry and his wife, Naomi Mae, travel the Oregon Trail in hopes of making it to California.. As with many “pioneer” tales this story is filled with hardships, fear, and death. But, this is also a haunting love story.

mmhender2's review

adventurous challenging hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

dual narrators. Naomi May, a white woman with her family, and John Lawery, half white-half Pawnee, on the Oregon trail from Missouri. Harmon depicts the brutal nature of journeys on the Oregon trail and the complicated nature of humanity. Conflicts erupt in the caravan and between the emigrants and indigenous tribes they encounter. Themes include the idea of home; love, loss, grief, and hope; transcendence; how all of us contain good and bad; torn identities. My two critiques are that there could have been a bigger difference between the voices of the characters and the end felt too quick. 

bmallen5668's review

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

aseligson20's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

juliehailey's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.25

arosin's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0