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A review by ditten
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'm so in love with this book I could cry!!
Something Wild & Wonderful is such a beautiful book! Following Ben and Alexei on their journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail made me fall so fiercely back in love with reading 🧡
I had high expectations going in because so many of my friends love this book and I wasn't sure it could live up to that but it absolutely did!
Something Wild & Wonderful is filled with things that should be contradictions but instead work to create a beautiful exploration of the human experience 🧡
It's emotional, but also full of hope and joy. It's wide open spaces, and two men sharing a tiny tent. It's slowing down and breathing in deep, and it's a new adventure. It's healing and trying to understand yourself better while also grappling with self worth and acceptance. It's solitude and it's finding deep human connection in unexpected places. It's letting go and it's forming lifelong memories. It's love, and loss, and family, and religion, and choices.
It's truly such a gorgeous book, and I think reading it differently to how I usually read helped me take it all in. It took me two months to finish reading it, not because I wasn't enjoying it but I didn't feel in any kind of rush. I kept coming back to it between other reads and it felt comfortable and good, like seeing an old friend you've missed.
An instant favourite!
Something Wild & Wonderful is such a beautiful book! Following Ben and Alexei on their journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail made me fall so fiercely back in love with reading 🧡
I had high expectations going in because so many of my friends love this book and I wasn't sure it could live up to that but it absolutely did!
Something Wild & Wonderful is filled with things that should be contradictions but instead work to create a beautiful exploration of the human experience 🧡
It's emotional, but also full of hope and joy. It's wide open spaces, and two men sharing a tiny tent. It's slowing down and breathing in deep, and it's a new adventure. It's healing and trying to understand yourself better while also grappling with self worth and acceptance. It's solitude and it's finding deep human connection in unexpected places. It's letting go and it's forming lifelong memories. It's love, and loss, and family, and religion, and choices.
It's truly such a gorgeous book, and I think reading it differently to how I usually read helped me take it all in. It took me two months to finish reading it, not because I wasn't enjoying it but I didn't feel in any kind of rush. I kept coming back to it between other reads and it felt comfortable and good, like seeing an old friend you've missed.
An instant favourite!