A review by steakuccino
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell

3.0

A few things about this narrative made it a bit unbelievable but overall, I found the prose lovely. Unfortunately, it suffers for some one-dimensional villainesses and a reliance on the concept of being raised 'a savage' (without English manners or schooling) as the reason for Will's being treated as a pariah in certain company. It is implicit in the narrative that this viewpoint is wrong but, especially with an intended audience of young readers, it needed to be explicit.