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booksthatburn's review
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, Dysphoria, Death, Violence, War, Animal death, Slavery, and Body horror
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Slavery, Suicide attempt, War, Colonisation, Animal death, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Death, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Gore, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
kaaaaaaaa's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Due to a mixture of nostalgia and understanding the average age of the books' audience, I'm trying to be pretty lenient on this reread. That being said, I cannot get over a) Tobias interrupting a LIVE commercial for a car dealership, a television phenomenon I certainly don't remember from the '90s, and b) Marco throwing a baseball so accurately and with such force that it breaks a skylight .
Also, in case anyone is curious, the "Alpha" wolf thing, while believed true at the time of publication, is flawed science:
The 1947 paper that drew conclusions about wolf hierarchies was describing two wolf packs in captivity. The study specimens were unrelated animals who'd been brought together at a Swiss zoo, where they shared an enclosure measuring 2,153 square feet (200 square meters).
Unlike their counterparts at the Swiss zoo, natural wolf packs mainly consist of genetic relatives. They also take up way more space, patrolling territories of 1,000 square miles (2,590 square kilometers) or larger.
And the term 'alpha' isn't really accurate when describing most of the leaders of wolf packs. Because the term implies that the wolves fought and competed strongly to get to the top of the pack. In actuality, the way they get there is by mating with a member of the opposite sex, producing a bunch of offspring which are the rest of the pack, and becoming the natural leaders that way. Just like with a pair of humans producing a family.
Also, in case anyone is curious, the "Alpha" wolf thing, while believed true at the time of publication, is flawed science:
The 1947 paper that drew conclusions about wolf hierarchies was describing two wolf packs in captivity. The study specimens were unrelated animals who'd been brought together at a Swiss zoo, where they shared an enclosure measuring 2,153 square feet (200 square meters).
Unlike their counterparts at the Swiss zoo, natural wolf packs mainly consist of genetic relatives. They also take up way more space, patrolling territories of 1,000 square miles (2,590 square kilometers) or larger.
And the term 'alpha' isn't really accurate when describing most of the leaders of wolf packs. Because the term implies that the wolves fought and competed strongly to get to the top of the pack. In actuality, the way they get there is by mating with a member of the opposite sex, producing a bunch of offspring which are the rest of the pack, and becoming the natural leaders that way. Just like with a pair of humans producing a family.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, War, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal death, and Dysphoria
Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, and Abandonment
Tobias's legal guardians check up on him/with each other so little that they haven't noticed
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