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A review by _serena_
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This takes place five years after The Guncle. Grant and Maise may be five years older but they’re still children. Children that have had to grow up too fast.
GUP is here to teach the kids love languages instead of Guncle Rules - but there are some good throwbacks to the classic Guncle Rules!
I loved this second chance romance. Personally, I do not know what it’s like to be a child and watch your parent remarry, but I imagine that it feels a lot like what this book described. I thought it was handled beautifully and continued building on everyone’s journey through grief.
I feel like we got a lot of time with Maise in this one and it felt very relatable to being a tween/teen. I know Grantelope is still a young kid, but sometimes I forgot there were five years between him in the last book and this one. He still felt very young to me, but maybe that’s just his personality. I thought I felt a lot more growth from Maise.
I’m very proud of Patrick for embracing his fear of loss and loneliness. Not just loss through death but also loss in new relationships, changing relationships. That fear of not being someone’s favorite person anymore.
“There are a thousand ways that love ends, but there is only one way it begins and that’s by opening your heart to another.”
GUP is here to teach the kids love languages instead of Guncle Rules - but there are some good throwbacks to the classic Guncle Rules!
I loved this second chance romance. Personally, I do not know what it’s like to be a child and watch your parent remarry, but I imagine that it feels a lot like what this book described. I thought it was handled beautifully and continued building on everyone’s journey through grief.
I feel like we got a lot of time with Maise in this one and it felt very relatable to being a tween/teen. I know Grantelope is still a young kid, but sometimes I forgot there were five years between him in the last book and this one. He still felt very young to me, but maybe that’s just his personality. I thought I felt a lot more growth from Maise.
I’m very proud of Patrick for embracing his fear of loss and loneliness. Not just loss through death but also loss in new relationships, changing relationships. That fear of not being someone’s favorite person anymore.
“There are a thousand ways that love ends, but there is only one way it begins and that’s by opening your heart to another.”