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moodreader89 's review for:
When You Trap a Tiger
by Tae Keller
Initial thoughts after finishing:
4/5 - love the plot, the magical realism (I’m loving how much magical realism is in the middle grade books these days!), and really enjoyed seeing the family and their traditions
- this book dealt with heavier themes than I anticipated. I borrowed it on Libby audio to fill space between my other books on hold, so I didn’t really read the description but thought the cover was pretty and heard it made it onto the Newberry list so I tried it
- I loved the character development, except the older sister. I’m not sure if it’s simply because she didn’t act like she even cared about her younger sister through the majority of the book, or that the story was from the younger sisters perspective, but the older sister was so annoying and didn’t come off as an angsty teen, but more just…heartless?
- 4/5 because I almost DNF at about 70% because the pace had slowed, and some of the characters were becoming repetitive and/or annoying in how they approached situations that didn’t make sense for what was happening. I am glad I stuck it out for the ending and overall was pleasantly surprised by this book as an interim read :)
4/5 - love the plot, the magical realism (I’m loving how much magical realism is in the middle grade books these days!), and really enjoyed seeing the family and their traditions
- this book dealt with heavier themes than I anticipated. I borrowed it on Libby audio to fill space between my other books on hold, so I didn’t really read the description but thought the cover was pretty and heard it made it onto the Newberry list so I tried it
- I loved the character development, except the older sister. I’m not sure if it’s simply because she didn’t act like she even cared about her younger sister through the majority of the book, or that the story was from the younger sisters perspective, but the older sister was so annoying and didn’t come off as an angsty teen, but more just…heartless?
- 4/5 because I almost DNF at about 70% because the pace had slowed, and some of the characters were becoming repetitive and/or annoying in how they approached situations that didn’t make sense for what was happening. I am glad I stuck it out for the ending and overall was pleasantly surprised by this book as an interim read :)