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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
mysterious
dark
mysterious
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
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
I didn’t love the ending as it felt a bit rushed and i initially wondered if the bear could have gotten one of the others instead and how each of those would have changed things. In the end I guess it made sense but just not how I wanted things to go.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Set on the San Juan Islands, “Bear”, by Julia Phillips is the story of two sisters living with and taking care of their terminally ill mother and struggling to make ends meet. In the midst of all this, a surprise visitor arrives, a giant Bear, that shows up unexpectedly on the island.
I was immediately drawn to this cover and am always pulled to the San Juan islands as a setting for a book despite the fact that they are still on my bucket list to visit. This book delivered on the moodiness and sense of place of Friday Harbor. However, this book struggled to deliver what I was hoping to find as far as plot and characters. In my opinion this book had multiple themes with a lot of potential. Unfortunately, none of them were flushed out for me to really understand the main thread. I had to keep guessing at the “point” that the author was trying to make, and because of that, I might have missed what the author was trying to achieve. And despite the multiple themes, there wasn’t a lot going on as far as action. The book was somewhat repetitive and read more literary, but without the character growth that I was anticipating. In fact, the ending was Incredibly disappointing because I did not see the growth of the characters. All of this said, I finished the book in two days and struggled to put it down while I was reading. The themes that I was building up in my mind, and the growth that I was expecting created a good book.... it just didn’t deliver in the end.
I was immediately drawn to this cover and am always pulled to the San Juan islands as a setting for a book despite the fact that they are still on my bucket list to visit. This book delivered on the moodiness and sense of place of Friday Harbor. However, this book struggled to deliver what I was hoping to find as far as plot and characters. In my opinion this book had multiple themes with a lot of potential. Unfortunately, none of them were flushed out for me to really understand the main thread. I had to keep guessing at the “point” that the author was trying to make, and because of that, I might have missed what the author was trying to achieve. And despite the multiple themes, there wasn’t a lot going on as far as action. The book was somewhat repetitive and read more literary, but without the character growth that I was anticipating. In fact, the ending was Incredibly disappointing because I did not see the growth of the characters. All of this said, I finished the book in two days and struggled to put it down while I was reading. The themes that I was building up in my mind, and the growth that I was expecting created a good book.... it just didn’t deliver in the end.