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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
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
This one dragged for me. I think I could have skipped it without missing much.
It would have been perfectly fine if Paulsen had stopped with the first book.
Read this originally in March of 2015 when one of my sons got into this series. The same son recently decided to try audiobooks, and we returned to an old favorite. I had read this originally, and I went with the audiobook this time too.
Looking at my initial review ... not much has changed, it still stands :)
Original Review - March 2015
I'd read the first three books in the Hatchet series several years ago. I quite liked them, but had been reading them more from a parental perspective, to recommend to my boys. My three older boys all read Hatchet at my request, but didn't care to continue. Until #4. He asked if we had Hatchet, so I pulled it out for him. He read it quickly and really liked it. He read "Brian's Winter" and "The River" and asked about this book.
I had this book in MY nightstand for the past couple years. I'd just never gotten around to reading it. I passed it to #4 and he read it in a couple days and wanted me to read it to. I downloaded a digital copy and read it in about a day. It is quite short.
I remembered Hatched and Brian's Winter pretty well, only vague memories of "The River" but that didn't really impact my enjoyment. I did like this book, although it did seem really short, and didn't really have a lot of story, not as much as the others anyway.
Although the author says right in the notes that "this is the last Brian book" I know there is another, Brian's Hunt (picking up where this one leaves off). #4 has already read it, I'm waiting for my digital hold from the library to come in.
LOVE that my boy liked this series (he's in 5th grade). He even made cute matching bookmarks for each book!
http://jenbsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/03/books-boys-are-reading.html
Looking at my initial review ... not much has changed, it still stands :)
Original Review - March 2015
I'd read the first three books in the Hatchet series several years ago. I quite liked them, but had been reading them more from a parental perspective, to recommend to my boys. My three older boys all read Hatchet at my request, but didn't care to continue. Until #4. He asked if we had Hatchet, so I pulled it out for him. He read it quickly and really liked it. He read "Brian's Winter" and "The River" and asked about this book.
I had this book in MY nightstand for the past couple years. I'd just never gotten around to reading it. I passed it to #4 and he read it in a couple days and wanted me to read it to. I downloaded a digital copy and read it in about a day. It is quite short.
I remembered Hatched and Brian's Winter pretty well, only vague memories of "The River" but that didn't really impact my enjoyment. I did like this book, although it did seem really short, and didn't really have a lot of story, not as much as the others anyway.
Although the author says right in the notes that "this is the last Brian book" I know there is another, Brian's Hunt (picking up where this one leaves off). #4 has already read it, I'm waiting for my digital hold from the library to come in.
LOVE that my boy liked this series (he's in 5th grade). He even made cute matching bookmarks for each book!
http://jenbsjourney.blogspot.com/2015/03/books-boys-are-reading.html
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes