110 reviews for:

Life, Loss, and Puffins

Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.02 AVERAGE

nicki7677's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachsween's review

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

martinaquirke's review

4.0

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It was an enjoyable story, nicely written. I listened on audible and the narration was not great, unsure if it was how it was written or only narrated. The book has a lot of short and direct sentences quoting the characters, in the audible narration this means they are saying “I said”, “he said”, “she said”, etc. an awful lot. But all in an enjoyable book.

ellekirk's review

4.0

medium-paced

mjoa's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

drshannyg's review

3.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

tksharkbait's review

2.0

medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

mtnest's review

3.25

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

theresaalan41's review against another edition

5.0

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Ru is so smart, she’s entering college at thirteen. To go to school, she lives in a boarding house nearby, where she meets Gabriel, who also doesn’t fit in. They become fast friends, like a brother and sister who don’t fight. When Ru’s mother abruptly dies, Ru is going to be whisked out of a good college to go to a community college and live with her miserable aunt. Ru needs to be challenged intellectually as much as possible, so this outcome is grim.

Together, Gabriel and Ru make up a sort of bucket list, except it’s a college list, something to accomplish before Ru goes back to college—she’s only thirteen, so starting up again in a year or two might actually be a good thing.

Their journey takes them to Canada to see the aurora borealis and Atlantic puffins. It’s a life transforming trip for the two of them, and it’s fun as a reader to travel with them without having to get cold visiting so north as they get close to the Arctic.

NetGalley provided an advance copy of this touching novel, which RELEASES MAY 14, 2024.

miriamk727's review

5.0

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Loved!! Quick read.
Hardly ever rate with 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️