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aidareads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Bullying
Minor: Homophobia
henrytinker's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I enjoyed the start and the end, but most of the book really dragged. I also didn't like or connect with any of the characters, unfortunately. Part of that is my fault, because I didn't realise this was YA and I don't like that genre much. Also didn't like how the one POC character in the book was so one dimensional and his code switching got played for laughs. Author also chose to censor certain curse words, but still use ableist slurs at various points throughout.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Bullying, and Death
Minor: Ableism
charlottesomewhere's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This is a gorgeously written story of grief and loss. Very powerful and emotional. You really feel like you've been through it with Lucas and his Nan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
whatisthebooksellerthinking's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Bullying
Moderate: Violence and Mental illness
A moving portrait of grief and the way it affects our relationships. Luke is taken in by his estranged nan when a car accident takes both his parents. The two of them try to navigate their pathways through their emotions, expertly written and reflected off the landscape of a cold, bleak Lake District. Would be a great study for schools - themes and symbolism are here in bucketfuls, definitely a challenging read for the younger spectrum of 9-12 middle grade reads. I'd recommend for ages 10+.queenmackenzie's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
4.0
This book is about grief, and Lambert does an incredible job at writing from the perspective of a teenager who has just lost his parents and is trying to process that while also trying to deal with school and a new environment and social expectations. His grief takes the form of a wolf, and the interactions between them are fascinating, and culminate into their final confrontation. The way Lambert writes is full of poetry, and you really feel that you are there, in this wild, beautiful, yet desolate, dangerous and lonely environment that Luke is in. It had me hooked until the end.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Bullying
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