Reviews

Die Sternenleserin und das Geheimnis der Insel by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

harper11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I did really enjoy this, I do however wish we got more backstory. It feels like the lore of this world runs so deep and we’ve only been shown the surface level things you’d need to know to get through this book alone. 

However, enjoyable, fairly quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Cannibalism

amberday27's review against another edition

For my KS2 book club but had to stop running the club 

hannahlsmith's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

this was more a story than a book, if that makes sense

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

mayblegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

tillytrio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mart1nap's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

katebitters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Though the characters felt a little flat, the story was interesting and had some unique elements. Mostly this was a "going on a journey" book, with some fantasy elements. Unfortunately, the audiobook was read by a narrator with a poor grasp of Spanish, so mispronunciations were frequent. Maybe that should be expected, since the author is British, writing about a place (a fictionalized version of the Canary Islands) she only visited once while on vacation.

leannaaker's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

hungergameslover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

It’s not that good. I find it random and that it gives too much info on certain parts and not enough on others. It was kind of random of all the things she put together for an adventurous book. Probs won’t read it again. It was a more been-there-done-that kind of book 

hatto's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0