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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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bookshelves: zzz2021-challenge, contemporary, fiction, mystery, reviews, teen, middle-grade, young-adult
Mar 09, 2021
bookshelves: zzz2021-challenge, contemporary, fiction, mystery, reviews, teen, middle-grade, young-adult
Hatchet has a very narrow target audience, and I was definitely not an included member of it. While I can see the value of the overall survival story that Gary Paulsen has concocted, I was thoroughly bored and annoyed over constant repetitions within the same page and the same chapter.
Perhaps middle-grade readers are less likely to find this negative. I wish it could have just been straightforward story without constant repetitions.
As it sits, I couldn't rate it as more than "just ok". Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ sets that rating for a 2 star.
Perhaps middle-grade readers are less likely to find this negative. I wish it could have just been straightforward story without constant repetitions.
As it sits, I couldn't rate it as more than "just ok". Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ sets that rating for a 2 star.
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August 9, 2019
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August 9, 2019
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March 8, 2021
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March 9, 2021
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fiction
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teen
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March 9, 2021
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Jan 13, 2023 04:51AM
I've considered rereading this (first read it in middle school and found no particular attachment to it) but I'm more in favor of recommending Mindy McGinnis's BE NOT FAR FROM ME, which she pitched as "Hatchet with a girl in the Smoky Mountains".
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Ashley Marie wrote: "I've considered rereading this (first read it in middle school and found no particular attachment to it) but I'm more in favor of recommending Mindy McGinnis's BE NOT FAR FROM ME, which she pitched..."OOh, thanks for the rec. I will have to check that one out.
I hope you like it!
I just realized I added it to my TBR abotu 3 years ago ahaha
Yes, there are books that should be for boys to inspire them in their formative years that do not include middle-aged women in their target audience. Sorry.
