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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As I was reading this, it felt very familiar. Kind of like the Wolfsong series but without the “pack”. There’s the younger, emotional man and older, gruff stoic man. There’s a young kind who is special in some way and must be protected from bad people.
I’m not complaining, mind you, I really really liked the Wolfsong series. Klune is fairly masterful at creating a small group of folks you fall in love with quite quickly. It doesn’t really matter where they go or that they’re mostly hanging around in cabins, or that nothing much happens. What fascinates me is how and when the characters fall in love with each other and then make a found family.
Klune’s work is all about found families. And in this one, when Nate goes to his inherited cabin in Oregon and finds a man with a gun and a mysterious young girl named Artemis Darth Vader– you know what is going to happen right away.
There’s helicopter crashes and car chases and running from bad men. But really there’s just Alex making coffee for Nate the way he likes it, and Art being mysterious and blurting things out loud, and Nate trying to reconcile his wounded heart with the possibility of acceptance.
This one gets a little preachy– Klune uses Art to say really blatantly schmaltzy things. But its still lovely and comforting, and Klune can just go on writing found family books with any kind of scenario and I’ll read it. In the afterword Klune says his previous publisher found this one “weird.” And I think to anyone who reads science fiction (Where are my Escape to Witch Mountain fans) or watched The Last of Us on TV or has read literally *anything* Klune has ever written before would disagree.
His story’s stay with me for years and this one is no different
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Quite different than Klune’s other books and just as delightful. I’m glad they re-released it for us to enjoy!
Too bizarre; couldn’t connect to the characters. Sci-Fi isn’t my thing unless I have buy in to story.
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3,5 ⭐️
Jeg har altid høje forventninger til TJ Klunes bøger. Den her levede ikke op til dem. Den var fin, karaktererne var fine, idéen var fin, men jeg mærkede ikke bogen. For mig var der sproget og Artemis Darth Vader, der gjorde det!
Jeg har altid høje forventninger til TJ Klunes bøger. Den her levede ikke op til dem. Den var fin, karaktererne var fine, idéen var fin, men jeg mærkede ikke bogen. For mig var der sproget og Artemis Darth Vader, der gjorde det!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No