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A review by piperclover
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was absolutely fantastic. I think it's so well written and the narrator did a fantastic job. The whole experience is so easy and enjoyable. The ending is so utterly perfect it hurts.
This is getting 5 stars even though I don't like letters to move a plot along and I don't like religion and this story had a lot of religion and a bit of letters moving the plot. This is so heavy on religious trauma. Alexei is what his faith means to him and how it looks now redefining. There's so much discussion about what moving on looks like and how to live your life without waiting around for people who have hurt you immensely. There's so many good discussions in this book that I feel like we're handled so realistically for what the character was going through at the time.
On top of all of the messaging and themes, it really is just so sweet and so adorable. Ben gives me golden retriever vibes and Alexei is so cute as a person and they work so well together. Ben is working as a nurse and male nurses often get a lot of unnecessary sexist and homophobic hate. Alexei is undignosed autistic through most of the book but receives a later in life diagnosis which I thought was cool.
This is getting 5 stars even though I don't like letters to move a plot along and I don't like religion and this story had a lot of religion and a bit of letters moving the plot. This is so heavy on religious trauma. Alexei is what his faith means to him and how it looks now redefining. There's so much discussion about what moving on looks like and how to live your life without waiting around for people who have hurt you immensely. There's so many good discussions in this book that I feel like we're handled so realistically for what the character was going through at the time.
On top of all of the messaging and themes, it really is just so sweet and so adorable. Ben gives me golden retriever vibes and Alexei is so cute as a person and they work so well together. Ben is working as a nurse and male nurses often get a lot of unnecessary sexist and homophobic hate. Alexei is undignosed autistic through most of the book but receives a later in life diagnosis which I thought was cool.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Death