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A review by bo0ks5s5
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
4.0
I LOVE this book!!! It was one that got me into reading, and I recently reread it.
There were some really small moments that annoyed me after rereading it.
One of the main points is that the main character is growing up and dealing with more responsibilities and burdens. My problem with this is how the author chooses to show her young age. She has a big focus on “this all happened because I’m 12 now” and I personally have grown to hate that. At one point someone says a metaphor, and she gets confused. It gives the vibes of when someone says “we have to address the elephant in the room” and the response is “I don’t see an elephant”. Most eleven/twelve year olds know what a metaphor is, and if they didn’t understand the meaning they could at least tell it wasn’t meant to be taken literally. This moment especially annoyed me because one of her character traits is intelligent, and it just seemed like it was saying kids don’t understand what adults say. I could see it being one way the author shows her growth from child to adult, but there are others ways to do that.
Most books I read once and even if I loved it won’t buy it or reread it at any point, because I get bored easily. This book has me coming back and I’m glad I own it!
There were some really small moments that annoyed me after rereading it.
One of the main points is that the main character is growing up and dealing with more responsibilities and burdens. My problem with this is how the author chooses to show her young age. She has a big focus on “this all happened because I’m 12 now” and I personally have grown to hate that. At one point someone says a metaphor, and she gets confused. It gives the vibes of when someone says “we have to address the elephant in the room” and the response is “I don’t see an elephant”. Most eleven/twelve year olds know what a metaphor is, and if they didn’t understand the meaning they could at least tell it wasn’t meant to be taken literally. This moment especially annoyed me because one of her character traits is intelligent, and it just seemed like it was saying kids don’t understand what adults say. I could see it being one way the author shows her growth from child to adult, but there are others ways to do that.
Most books I read once and even if I loved it won’t buy it or reread it at any point, because I get bored easily. This book has me coming back and I’m glad I own it!