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A review by melbsreads
The Road to Gundagai by Jackie French
5.0
Trigger warnings: death of a parent, death of a sibling (don't @ me about spoilers, I swear to God. It happens before the book starts and it's revealed like three pages in), fire, blood, poisoning, death of a friend, mentions of domestic violence, racism, mentions of animal cruelty
This is my least favourite of the three so far but it's more that the first two blew me out of the water and this one didn't quite live up to my love for those two. I loved Blue as a protagonist, but it felt like the plot took about half of the story to actually get properly started and then the second half felt eeeeeever so slightly rushed.
Once the circus hit Gillies Creek and we were back with the old familiar characters, I absolutely ADORED this and I had a lot of feelings. The way that Blue's story played out was fantastic. I also really enjoyed the friendship between Blue and Mah, and I loved Sheba from start to finish. So basically, the last third of the book was 5 stars, the rest was 4+ stars, so it balances out to 4.5 stars.
This is my least favourite of the three so far but it's more that the first two blew me out of the water and this one didn't quite live up to my love for those two. I loved Blue as a protagonist, but it felt like the plot took about half of the story to actually get properly started and then the second half felt eeeeeever so slightly rushed.
Once the circus hit Gillies Creek and we were back with the old familiar characters, I absolutely ADORED this and I had a lot of feelings. The way that Blue's story played out was fantastic. I also really enjoyed the friendship between Blue and Mah, and I loved Sheba from start to finish. So basically, the last third of the book was 5 stars, the rest was 4+ stars, so it balances out to 4.5 stars.