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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
inspiring
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Why I Liked The First One Better:
The first book, Hatchet, had a lot more neediness, or excitement. Brian's Return was different since he was going back to the forest. He knew much more about the forest and he had more experience.Even though the neediness and excitement of the first book wasn't there, that didn't make me not enjoy the book.
So....
I will still continue on with the series.
Something I Liked About This Book:
I remember that after the first book, I was like WHAT? And I wanted to know more about what happened after the ending! Thank goodness they talked about that in the second book.
For Full Review:
http://juliasfinds.blogspot.com/2016/07/brians-return.html
The first book, Hatchet, had a lot more neediness, or excitement. Brian's Return was different since he was going back to the forest. He knew much more about the forest and he had more experience.Even though the neediness and excitement of the first book wasn't there, that didn't make me not enjoy the book.
So....
I will still continue on with the series.
Something I Liked About This Book:
I remember that after the first book, I was like WHAT? And I wanted to know more about what happened after the ending! Thank goodness they talked about that in the second book.
For Full Review:
http://juliasfinds.blogspot.com/2016/07/brians-return.html
This is book #4 of the Hatchet series and one of my favorites. It's explained why he felt he couldn't fit in, the reasons he wanted to return and I really liked the new character of Caleb.
adventurous
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
adventurous
relaxing
fast-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
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This review will appear on my site on May 27, 2021.
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As a part of May’s prompt for #Diverseathon2021 I am continuing the Brian’s Saga series by Gary Paulsen. In Brian’s Return, Brian realizes he cannot live the way he used to. Provoked by another student over a girl, Brian severely beats another boy, but in Brian’s mind he was being attacked and he was defending himself. After talking with a counselor, Brian decides to return to the Canadian wilderness, though more prepared (a tent and some more items) than when he crash landed. Brian is more at home in the wilderness and yes he faces the perils of outdoor living again. But at the end he is at home and peace in the wilderness.
I don’t know what it was about Brian’s Return, but it just wasn’t really for me once he got back into the wild, Maybe it was a ‘been there, done that’ scenario since I listened to the other three novels back to back. Brian’s Return was meant to be the final book in the series and you can tell by the ending of the book as there is a conclusion. But there was so much reader feedback that Paulsen wrote one more book: Brian’s Hunt.
At times while listening to the audiobook I was confused because Paulsen kept referencing Brian surviving in the winter, but that book was a ‘what if’ scenario and not what actually happened to Brian as he was rescued before winter came in Hatchet.
Peter Coyote was back as the narrator for the audiobook version; I was happy about that as he definitely has that story telling voice.
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This review will appear on my site on May 27, 2021.
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As a part of May’s prompt for #Diverseathon2021 I am continuing the Brian’s Saga series by Gary Paulsen. In Brian’s Return, Brian realizes he cannot live the way he used to. Provoked by another student over a girl, Brian severely beats another boy, but in Brian’s mind he was being attacked and he was defending himself. After talking with a counselor, Brian decides to return to the Canadian wilderness, though more prepared (a tent and some more items) than when he crash landed. Brian is more at home in the wilderness and yes he faces the perils of outdoor living again. But at the end he is at home and peace in the wilderness.
I don’t know what it was about Brian’s Return, but it just wasn’t really for me once he got back into the wild, Maybe it was a ‘been there, done that’ scenario since I listened to the other three novels back to back. Brian’s Return was meant to be the final book in the series and you can tell by the ending of the book as there is a conclusion. But there was so much reader feedback that Paulsen wrote one more book: Brian’s Hunt.
At times while listening to the audiobook I was confused because Paulsen kept referencing Brian surviving in the winter, but that book was a ‘what if’ scenario and not what actually happened to Brian as he was rescued before winter came in Hatchet.
Peter Coyote was back as the narrator for the audiobook version; I was happy about that as he definitely has that story telling voice.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another good follow up to Brian's story. I read the entire series to my middle school students this year and they were all great.