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A review by manic_bibliophile
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
4.0
Honestly brings my rating of the first book in the series down, because this installment was well thought out and written much better. I remember as a kid how hard it was to grasp what Paulsen was trying to convey in the first book with how repetitive and jerky his style was, so I never read any of the other books in the series. Reading this was a much better experience, even now as an adult I can appreciate it for what it is and can honestly say I'm interested in continuing Brian's journey.
My one negative is again in the ending. I don't know if Paulsen just struggles with endings as a whole, but as this is the third ending in a row where it's a rushed and disjointed affair with no real solid conclusion for the reader (even younger readers) to be satiated with, I'm going to assume that's the case. Or it is just that I as a reader do not care in the slightest for summation conclusions. Epilogues shouldn't be synonymous with summaries in my eyes, even for grade books.
Definitely recommend, and definitely for kiddos to get an idea of what survival is like, the hard gruesome bits and all.
My one negative is again in the ending. I don't know if Paulsen just struggles with endings as a whole, but as this is the third ending in a row where it's a rushed and disjointed affair with no real solid conclusion for the reader (even younger readers) to be satiated with, I'm going to assume that's the case. Or it is just that I as a reader do not care in the slightest for summation conclusions. Epilogues shouldn't be synonymous with summaries in my eyes, even for grade books.
Definitely recommend, and definitely for kiddos to get an idea of what survival is like, the hard gruesome bits and all.