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k101's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
orianeosaurus's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
mili_starling's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
This compelling story is written in a way that reflects the old traditions of oral storytelling. There are very few paragraphs, making it hard to find any easy stopping points. The story is full of contrast with prose describing the jungle against the graphically harsh depictions of the reality of living so closely entwined with the natural world. The narrator, at 93 years old, looks back on his struggle-filled relationship with the jungle, caught between being a ‘child of the jungle’ and adapting to a more modern agricultural lifestyle.
catsforlenny's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ehb's review
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
The 200 page book has probably 20 paragraphs in the whole thing. It’s written completely breathlessly and that made it difficult to follow at the start. If you have climate anxiety it’s also probably not the book for you as it constantly mentions how amazing the jungle used to be before people developed all of it.
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