A review by weathersreadsgarbage
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I don’t know why I had such a bee in my bonnet about rereading this after like 20 years but I’m glad I did? The writing style isn’t great (back in the day we really didn’t expect much emotional depth or like… skill from that age group apparently) and was often repetitive in a way that felt like it was trying to pad the word count. Brian lacks a lot of depth and there’s not much to him - another thing that was common at the time I think. And the ending feels both very rushed and undeserved. Especially with the epilogue which is absolutely terrible. Also not canon once you read the rest of the series so like ???