988 reviews for:

Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.13 AVERAGE

kbowens's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

maddybaughman's review

2.75

adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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Beautifully written verse. 

lindsays_literazzi's review against another edition

4.5

inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

lizknits's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

debbie61497's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dm421's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

onlyonaclaireday's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional fast-paced

catwar21's review

4.0

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Lovely middle grade novel about the true power of survival. Written in "sparse verse."

tripp2mylou's review

5.0

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I liked that we never knew what the “imminent threat” was, only that the town had been evacuated and that Maddie was all alone. We could almost imagine it to be some pandemic, like the one we have been living through. The overall feel of this book is timely. I cannot believe this is Freeman’s first novel, albeit a novel-in-verse. It’s incredible - the writing is so sharp and vivid. Imagine you are all alone to fend for yourself and you are not quite a teenager yet - tell me what is most frightening about that scenario. Thinking about that, I don’t know if it would have occurred to me the kinds of things this character ends up having to go through on her own. Freeman captures the loneliness and mental strength of Maddie so well. This book needs more reads and I promise, it’s not as long as it looks - it’s all in verse! Trigger warning for a kitten being killed if you are sensitive to that (I am), but this book is intense and gripping. I would classify it as middle grade dystopian horror, with a strong female character (and her trusty canine companion) at the center.

mia_faller's review

5.0

adventurous challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes