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A review by natalie_and_company
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
5.0
Where the Red Fern Grows evokes the feelings of childhood nearly as well as Anne of Green Gables. It is that feeling of being young, of being free as a child distilled and bottled into these pages. It makes it easier to imagine the story from the perspective of the main character because it induces that childlike feeling conducive to imagining.
Beyond this, the family here is very wholesome. So often nowadays we find main characters ravaged by life, with parents and role models of the evil kind, or ones ripped away too soon, so I found it refreshing that the main character of Where the Red Fern Grows did not have to have a tragic backstory in order to be an interesting character.
This book is so full of love. I believe that is why it has endured for so long. The love and care, the truth of love and death that is written into these pages is so raw and realistic that any human familiar with love can see themselves in this story.
The fact that the death in this book is not the climax, it is simply the end of the story is so profound for me. As all stories end, this one does with the passing of life. The passing of life was not the climax, was not the pivot point of the story, just like death is not the pivot point in your own life. This is so different from so many stories. And the impact this has is is generational.
Beyond this, the family here is very wholesome. So often nowadays we find main characters ravaged by life, with parents and role models of the evil kind, or ones ripped away too soon, so I found it refreshing that the main character of Where the Red Fern Grows did not have to have a tragic backstory in order to be an interesting character.
This book is so full of love. I believe that is why it has endured for so long. The love and care, the truth of love and death that is written into these pages is so raw and realistic that any human familiar with love can see themselves in this story.
The fact that the death in this book is not the climax, it is simply the end of the story is so profound for me. As all stories end, this one does with the passing of life. The passing of life was not the climax, was not the pivot point of the story, just like death is not the pivot point in your own life. This is so different from so many stories. And the impact this has is is generational.