Reviews

The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong

booklvrkat's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.0

Casey & Eric are back, their newly built and mostly finished sanctuary for those that need to disappear is succeeding. They have just recently accepted a mother and her two sons, a first for Haven’s Rock (Rockton never allowed children), and now the youngest has gone missing after probably sighting a bigfoot type in the forest. This is the Yukon, maybe he just saw a bear? Casey & Eric don’t believe in coincidence, nor do they think this young man knows what he saw, so they gather up their dog Storm, and start the search. What they find staggers them, and in turn causes their tension to go up several notches. 

 

Kelley Armstrong is an auto-buy for me (with the exception of the new horror she’s been writing, I have to think about those before I purchase).I utterly adored the Rockton series, and the spin-off of Haven’s Rock is exactly the same. I love the dynamic between Casey & Eric, I like the side characters that came along with them, I even like Casey’s sister. Although this story didn’t hit it out of the ballpark with a perfect score, it’s just as strong, and I have no intention of not continuing to read the series. Fast reads, adventurous, and delightfully hopeful. 

mrsboyko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

kyleemccarthy's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I had a rough time with the parts that Max (a child) narrated cause some parts were in third person describing him then would turn to his thoughts/voices which left it a little disconnected for me. But overall still a good book and I will continue with the series 

taleisin's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

mseil24's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

aoffeiaddo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

mitabird's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

tcameron85's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Xenophobia

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia and Abortion

ames599's review

adventurous mysterious

4.0

dana_naylor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Good continuation of series and character growth with main characters.
Ends with some unresolved threads that I assume will be picked up in the next book.
Probably not a good read as a stand-alone.