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misspippireads's review
The cover of Wild Children is simple, layered, and eye-catching. The brief description caught my attention. I started reading and it went a little wonky...
He created a whole world that reminds me of a dark Pinocchio mixed with Red Riding Hood (the 2011 movie with Amanda Seyfried), and something else... Modern or historically...old-fashioned? There was no specific time period. Not a faith-based book per say, but highly religious. The elements of faith include Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, sins, blessings, questioning, and redemption. Children's literature? NO. I would not recommend this book to a middle reader but would to some high school readers. I would lean toward late high school and college students. Roberts wove a unique tale, that will hold unique readers. He doesn't fall easily into a certain genre, so reader's advisory questions are important.
But all in all, it is not for me. Happy reading, Wild Children reader! For now, I'm going to pass.
Progress: 31% (Part 01 and beginning of Part 02)
Reviewed from a NetGalley copy. Thank you, Curiosity Quills Press!
He created a whole world that reminds me of a dark Pinocchio mixed with Red Riding Hood (the 2011 movie with Amanda Seyfried), and something else... Modern or historically...old-fashioned? There was no specific time period. Not a faith-based book per say, but highly religious. The elements of faith include Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, sins, blessings, questioning, and redemption. Children's literature? NO. I would not recommend this book to a middle reader but would to some high school readers. I would lean toward late high school and college students. Roberts wove a unique tale, that will hold unique readers. He doesn't fall easily into a certain genre, so reader's advisory questions are important.
But all in all, it is not for me. Happy reading, Wild Children reader! For now, I'm going to pass.
Progress: 31% (Part 01 and beginning of Part 02)
Reviewed from a NetGalley copy. Thank you, Curiosity Quills Press!
geekwayne's review
4.0
A young girl is lured by a wolfboy into staying out late on Walpurgis night and her life is changed forever. This is just one of the linked stories in 'Wild Children,' a book reminiscent of the darkness of classic fairy tales, but these are consequences without action. No curse was due or punishment needed.
Young children are turned into a variety of different animals in the book. It never happens to anyone over 15 (at least, not without disastrous effect). The wild children receive long lives and don't appear to age, but are told to forget their names and their lives before they changed. Most adults look on these children as slaves or pets. The wild children are told they are this way because of sin, but it's never quite clear what their sin was to make them turn this way. Gothic sadness makes up most of these characters, forced to live life as something other, never celebrating the wonders of strength or flight.
At the center of it all is Hind, a young girl, who is treated like a doll. Although her existence is better than most, there is a great deal of sadness in her life, and she is still forced to wear a collar, even if it is only for show. She sees her friends suffer and leave her, while she lives in her perfect dollhouse of a room.
An interesting series of stories that looks at who we are, and who we think others are. Themes of prejudice and injustice are prevalent. It's a quirky fantasy with some unforgettable characters.
Young children are turned into a variety of different animals in the book. It never happens to anyone over 15 (at least, not without disastrous effect). The wild children receive long lives and don't appear to age, but are told to forget their names and their lives before they changed. Most adults look on these children as slaves or pets. The wild children are told they are this way because of sin, but it's never quite clear what their sin was to make them turn this way. Gothic sadness makes up most of these characters, forced to live life as something other, never celebrating the wonders of strength or flight.
At the center of it all is Hind, a young girl, who is treated like a doll. Although her existence is better than most, there is a great deal of sadness in her life, and she is still forced to wear a collar, even if it is only for show. She sees her friends suffer and leave her, while she lives in her perfect dollhouse of a room.
An interesting series of stories that looks at who we are, and who we think others are. Themes of prejudice and injustice are prevalent. It's a quirky fantasy with some unforgettable characters.
heather01602to60660's review
I tried, I really really tried. The premise was intriguing, and at times I felt like I was getting into the story, and then something would just jar me out of it. I made it through Act 1, then read about 4 pages of Act 2 and decided life is way too short to force myself through something that was becoming painful.
vixenchick's review
3.0
I liked, and didn't like this story. I thought the premise was brilliant, and I loved the layout of the book. It is told in "acts", like in a play. The whole book is set in the same world but, each "act" was told Ina different wild child's point of view. I'm not a very religious person, and this book was all about religion.
amyotheramy's review
5.0
This is the freshest, most unusual little story I have read in a long, long time. If you love fairytales or fables or just fantasy, if you miss the just so stories that made reading magic in the first place, don't wait another second. Get this and read it right now. I'm not going to try to summarize anything; I can't do it without mangling it. I can only say it is beautiful - wonderfully written and plotted and carried through to a perfect ending. Seriously. Read it now.
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