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A review by vexasaurus_rex
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
** spoiler alert ** 4/5 Rating
"It was accepting all the parts of herself, even the shameful bits, that meant she could love and be loved. And how she had loved! Her parents, her friends: she had carried her love for them with her all her life. Though they would never know it, they had taught her how to love her daughters, taught her how to love Nik....Nik. It was love that had made her life worth living.
The Stranding was truly an unexpected hit for me. I went into it not entirely knowing what it was about (as my edition of the book doesn't have a detailed description and I didn't look it up), but I think that's the way it should be read, to be honest. I was continually surprised by the directions Kate Sawyer chose to go with this story. At first, I felt the suspense, and the anxiety of survival. But then, I realized that this was a story about something deeper than survivalism—it was about family and deep, life-changing love. The Stranding tells the story of true survival in the end of times—finding hope within a stranger, then a lover...finding hope in a family...and eventually, finding hope in the horizon.
"It was accepting all the parts of herself, even the shameful bits, that meant she could love and be loved. And how she had loved! Her parents, her friends: she had carried her love for them with her all her life. Though they would never know it, they had taught her how to love her daughters, taught her how to love Nik....Nik. It was love that had made her life worth living.
The Stranding was truly an unexpected hit for me. I went into it not entirely knowing what it was about (as my edition of the book doesn't have a detailed description and I didn't look it up), but I think that's the way it should be read, to be honest. I was continually surprised by the directions Kate Sawyer chose to go with this story. At first, I felt the suspense, and the anxiety of survival. But then, I realized that this was a story about something deeper than survivalism—it was about family and deep, life-changing love. The Stranding tells the story of true survival in the end of times—finding hope within a stranger, then a lover...finding hope in a family...and eventually, finding hope in the horizon.