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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I actually really enjoyed this installment in Brian's journey, perhaps the best of them all so far. I just really got a kick out of his clever ways of survival and the things he learned and felt about winter. Yes it's a stretch and slight departure from the first book, and you have to ignore the second book even happened (though, having read book 4 now I guess it still did...as did this winter book...so, a little out of order, if you can handle that- it works)- but this one was a lot of fun, I think. A great addition to the collection. Plus, I also happen to love that the author wrote this largely in response to letters from readers- I just think that's really cool.
adventurous
informative
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hatchet is Paulsen's classic tale of a boy's survival in the north woods after a plane crash. This book revisits Brian, who was not rescued, and imagines how he would have survived a Canadian winter. Paulsen serves up one cliffhanger after another (a marauding bear, a charging elk), and always there are the supreme challenges of obtaining food and protection against the cold. A great read for boys.
survival
This book was okay. I've read survival books before, and when I'm in the mood, I enjoy them. However, this book wasn't too memorable for me. I thought Brian's tactics of staying alive were innovative, and maybe if I'd read Hatchet, I would have more attachment to Brian and his story, but I didn't find myself too involved. Yeah I wondered how he's make it out, but when he finally was rescued I felt it was anticlimactic. So basically, this book was okay, and if you're into survival stories, you'd probably like it. Personally, however, Brian's Winter wasn't that memorable.
This book was okay. I've read survival books before, and when I'm in the mood, I enjoy them. However, this book wasn't too memorable for me. I thought Brian's tactics of staying alive were innovative, and maybe if I'd read Hatchet, I would have more attachment to Brian and his story, but I didn't find myself too involved. Yeah I wondered how he's make it out, but when he finally was rescued I felt it was anticlimactic. So basically, this book was okay, and if you're into survival stories, you'd probably like it. Personally, however, Brian's Winter wasn't that memorable.
3.5 stars
Compared to Hatchet and Brian’s River, Brian does not feel the same in this one. Regardless, Brian has to go through the harsh winter and you root for him all the same.
Compared to Hatchet and Brian’s River, Brian does not feel the same in this one. Regardless, Brian has to go through the harsh winter and you root for him all the same.
More graphic than Hatchet, but overall a good read. Colin enjoyed it.
this book i had to read for this school year and it was HORRIBLE! i dont think are teachers have any taste in books since we always have weird boy ones. so this one is a different sequel to the hatchet where he doesnt get found and he learns how to survive in the woods during the winter... yadayadayadayadayada. then he finds a cabin with n indian family who take him home. it turns out they knew he was there all along and they didnt help him! plz dont read it cuz theres also a disgusting part where he draws his name in the snow with something! ICK!
Look, there's no chance that a 13-year old would be capable of any of this (or at least I'd like to tell myself that to justify how I'd die in his situation within a week). But yet, realism is the glue that holds this -- and the original as well -- together.
I read all five of these books a long time ago, but was surprised to learn how little I recalled. I had the most vivid memories of reading this book out of all of them, but only the skunk brought back some deja vû. The rest was like reading it for the first time. So in that sense, this is the second book in the series I've read, having read the original last week.
And can I just say, this is without a doubt better than the original. No stupid 'Secret' subplot. No repetitive sentences with the same words repeating repetitively. And no worrying about mommy and daddy. Just good old fashioned living off the land.
As the one review said, it did feel like the stakes were lowered. I'm glad they were. I don't enjoy Brian freaking out and on the verge of death every single chapter (that said, was that moose part great or what?) I enjoy comfy Brian, seeing a problem, and finding an interesting, realistic way to solve it. Perhaps it shouldn't replace your bushcraft/outdoor skills manual, but it sure makes a nice compliment to it. And damn if it didn't make living in the Canadian wilderness seem ethereal.
I read all five of these books a long time ago, but was surprised to learn how little I recalled. I had the most vivid memories of reading this book out of all of them, but only the skunk brought back some deja vû. The rest was like reading it for the first time. So in that sense, this is the second book in the series I've read, having read the original last week.
And can I just say, this is without a doubt better than the original. No stupid 'Secret' subplot. No repetitive sentences with the same words repeating repetitively. And no worrying about mommy and daddy. Just good old fashioned living off the land.
As the one review said, it did feel like the stakes were lowered. I'm glad they were. I don't enjoy Brian freaking out and on the verge of death every single chapter (that said, was that moose part great or what?) I enjoy comfy Brian, seeing a problem, and finding an interesting, realistic way to solve it. Perhaps it shouldn't replace your bushcraft/outdoor skills manual, but it sure makes a nice compliment to it. And damn if it didn't make living in the Canadian wilderness seem ethereal.
This is a sort of alternate sequel to Hatchet, what if he hadn't been rescued at the end. It was a nice balance of him not dying but the ways things were dangerous and the ways he was lucky being emphasized. And the ways that cold is very dangerous.