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249 reviews for:

The River

Gary Paulsen

3.5 AVERAGE

tiana006's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sophialynne4's review against another edition

3.0

Liked this one too. Didn't like it as much as the first one. I thought that the story was cut short and not much danger happened.

pammysue1957's review against another edition

5.0

Great second book to the "Brian Series". On to the next.

rocky_road_7's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sammah's review against another edition

3.0

Hatchet was a book I absolutely loved growing up, but I never read any of Gary Paulsen's other books. I decided to change that after I did a re-read of all the Newbery books two years ago, but still managed to put it off until now. Oops!

The River was a good, quick little read that continued the story of Brian's quest for survival under harsh conditions. This time he goes in willingly and sans hatchet even! It was a little predictable and a bit too dramatic, but that doesn't mean I still didn't like it! Of course something big was going to happen, Brian wasn't going to just go into the woods and have everything be cushy, but the cheese factor ya'll!

Not as good as Hatchet, but still good enough for me to read the rest. I know there are at least five of these, maybe more. Better get going!