989 reviews for:

Alone

Megan E. Freeman

4.13 AVERAGE

jeanstehle's review

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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An excellent book for kids ages 8-12 (especially reluctant readers!) about a tween who wakes up to find herself alone in the world.

shannonsacoman's review

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

snorpy's review

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

clsears's review

4.0

adventurous emotional slow-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: Complicated

gvdale's review

4.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

miscio's review

3.0

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I had high expectations but the ending felt drawn out and forced.

ezramiller4's review

5.0

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So so good

kristinsh's review

5.0

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Phenomenal. Verse novels can be hit-or-miss for me, not because I think they don't have value but because they have an impressionistic feel to me and sometimes that works better than others. Here it truly works. Not to mention I love that Freeman has created a rare solo survival story starring a young girl - one who identifies with traditionally femme signifiers, no less! I wish I'd had this book to read as a kid. Books like HATCHET and MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN left me cold because I didn't identify with the protagonist, but I would have eaten this book whole. It's tense, thoughtful, haunting, and beautiful. Is the ending a bit unlikely? Yes. (There's an alternate universe where the book ends with one of the earlier chapters like "Even Still" or "Autumn Fruit.") But Maddie has earned it by the time she gets there.

mcho4176dp's review

4.5

adventurous challenging hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The end is kind of deceiving. But it’s a really good book, you should read it. 

sam_h's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No