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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
reflective
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:
Complicated
Thank the heavens there was a supernatural element that spiced this novel up because, if there wasn't, I would've had more constant flashbacks to the total hell trip that was reading "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen in 4th grade.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautiful story about perseverance and baseball!
Realistic scary from the master of horror--what could be worse than being totally lost in the wilderness, alone and only 9 years old? Nothing to guide you, with terrors like insects feeding on you, swamps waiting to suck you under, and hunger and loneliness eating away at your body and mind. The only thing that keeps Trisha's spirit alive is listening to the Red Sox on her Walkman radio at night and her conversations with Tom Gordon, the Red Sox closing pitcher, known for his saves. For fans of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
tense
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
Ich habe so sehr mit Trish in den Wäldern gelitten. Ein großartiges Survivalabenteuer in dem es um Resilienz geht. Ein kleines Mädchen bündelt imagination, die Liebe zum Baseball und Erinnerungen zu einer Überlebensstrategie.
Gänsehaut pur.
Gänsehaut pur.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
Not a typical horror book, but a horrifying premise. Reminded me how fickle life can be, as well as how suffering and death aren’t as far away as we would like to think. Watching a nine-year-old fight for her life out in the woods is a great reminder of that. Absolutely loved the ending. The baseball metaphor really paid off.
This book is quite different from King's usual genre, but he does a great job with it. Trisha is a likable and spunky protagonist who faces the wilderness's challenges in a way that felt realistic to a nine-year-old. While I was obviously rooting for her, I was also pleased that she faced consequences to some of her survival decisions, rather than being a prodigy.
The one thing I wish had been different was that the mysterious force in the woods had a little more presence in the book to build up tension. I was shocked when I saw on my Kindle that I was eighty-ish percent through the book, because the emotion/thrill would have been the halfway point (or earlier) in his other works.
The one thing I wish had been different was that the mysterious force in the woods had a little more presence in the book to build up tension. I was shocked when I saw on my Kindle that I was eighty-ish percent through the book, because the emotion/thrill would have been the halfway point (or earlier) in his other works.