Reviews - The Book of Lost Friends

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The Book of Lost Friends

Lisa Wingate

4.0 AVERAGE

jenconk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-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

Excellent post civil war story. Well researched and well written. Great read.

jeanstromberg's review against another edition

3.0

challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

alisav's review against another edition

5.0

Easily the best book I read during the pandemic. Brilliant writing and story telling. Inspired me to many hours of research on the topic.

jllt's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

emilymarie123's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The story was a good one, and I much more enjoyed Hannie’s chapters than the present day. However, the book seemed to go on and on without ever going anywhere. Especially Hannie’s bit the reader never gets to see what comes at the end. Just this long journey and then nothing. The present day teacher storyline was just unbelievable.

There is zero chance a class would turn around like that so quickly. There is not time in one class period to walk to the public library, do work, and walk back. It’s illegal to take students off school property without parental consent.

Felt like the author wanted to write a different take on Freedom Writers and just didn’t quite get there.