Reviews

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

kahledietz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

lissa7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

anastasia_elise_w's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 had this not rushed the ending or had a useless recurring detail it would have been a three

thedavis42's review against another edition

4.0

4/5

lmkanne96's review

3.0

If I had read this in middle school, I know I would’ve loved it! Obviously, I’m not the intended audience for this book so 3 stars as an adult reader.

bisonwoman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

roche8400's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

4.25

hannahrb22's review against another edition

1.0

Poorly written...didn't like it.

reesiecup7's review

adventurous

5.0

lovelyloro's review against another edition

2.0

Ok so I had to read this for my Children's Lit class. Although this was a book I'd considered picking up before, I most likely never would have. (Too many other great books to read.)

I think for a 13-year-old it would be a riveting story. It most certainly is written for that age group. The sentence structure and repetition... everything was 100% in line with what you would expect from a child that age. So major props to Gary for staying true to the mind of a 13 year old boy.


For me, however, the story was slow going. I thought that the first 50 pages and the last 20 were great. Everything in between could have been condensed to like 50 pages. I was like raspberries... blah, blah, blah fire... blah, blah, blah phsyco moose... blah, blah, blah.

This is a great story for older elementary school boys. But definitely didn't keep my attention.