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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was a perfectly fine adventure story about a young girl who wakes up one morning to discover that she is the only person in her town. I think that if I had been the targeted age group I would have loved this book and thought it was very interesting. However, for me the interesting premise could not save it for me and I felt that it dragged on an on. For a book written in verse that is saying something and I should have flown through it. It could have easily been 100 pages shorter and nothing would have been missed from the story. I also felt that the ending should have been more flushed out and given the reader more information. Overall it was a disappointing read for me.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
I loved the feeling of this book, but I had to take a star away for the ending. I never thought the story would be tied up neatly, but the ending offered no real answers. Also, the whole evacuation in the beginning was pulled off too easily. A real-world evacuation of that nature would be much messier than in this novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
This was a five star read the whole way through... I read it in one sitting, however, I was disappointed at the end to not get any explanation behind the evacuation. The writing and story are beautiful and I will still be recommending this to many readers!
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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:
No
Another book club read with my students. Quite enjoyable, but I wish the author had done a better job explaining things at the end.