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4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book gives you the raw human perspective of a very hard time to be alive and brings you through the journey of how quickly life can change, and how experiences can impact you deeply even if they were short lived. There’s a lot of really powerful messages carried through the book, the obvious one of how incredible animals truly are. The giraffe’s impact so many people along their journey and teach the humans the value of truth, trust, and love. This book is referred to as “slow” but I feel it brings you into the true human experience of the drawn out journey and makes it feel very authentic. You experience some really dark moments briefly that pull you right into some of the realities of that era such as the racism that ran deep. You feel the losses and the hope and the beauty in opportunity to share your story ( or the choice not to). Truly a beautiful story!
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I was intrigued by this story but it was a very tense and stressful read. I was anxious the entire time. I also did not like the end. Very unsatisfactory. I think I also don't like stories where only part of it is based on a true story.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Can't imagine living 105 years, but can't imagine driving 2 giraffes cross country either. There were many entertaining characters on this journey besides giraffes, all becoming extinct
adventurous
emotional
informative
tense
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:
No
This book told me about Depression era life. I learned about how I take our freeways for granted. This was a good read.