Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
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Book Reviews of Brian's Return
Book Review: Brian's Return
Summary: 2 Stars
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Brian's Return is a disappointment! Gary Paulsen is a excellent author, but he could of done a better job for this book. This wasn't his best writhing. The beginning of this book was very boring, because he is in his home town telling how boring it is to be in town. Brian finally figures out that he likes the woods better and it makes him free. He wants to get permission to go back to the woods and live there. When he finally gets the permission the permission to go back, he has to find a why out there. An airline will drive when to 1 island and Brian's has to row his way to three other islands. He rows to one island a day and has to find his own food.
The sequels to Brian's Return are Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter. Gary Paulson is the author of the best selling novel of the year "Brian Winter". This book is very adventurous at times. I thought it would like Hatchet ,but it wasn't even close. I think that's way I didn't like it.
Book Review: BRIAN'S RETURN
Summary: 2 Stars
The book Brian's Winter is the last in the series and in my opinion the dullest one of the series. It is about how Brian returns to the woods after he gets in a fight with some kid. He goes to this councler and decides he has to go back to the woods. The book is not as exciting as the other three and not as fun to read. It could have used a lot more action.Book Review: Boring!
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is so incredably boring. The only reason I gave this book 2 stars insted of one is because it was the final book in the Hatchet series and I would never have to read any of them again. Absolutly nothing happens in this book that is woth actually reading, and taking up you time.Book Review: borrrrring
Summary: 2 Stars
i got to say i've seen much better from gary paulson, i was very surprised to see this book. It didnt end, like his other books did. and didn't use the description i've come to know and love. It Stunk!!!Book Review: This is what happens when an author runs out of ideas.
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, Gary Paulsen is a great author. He's written many great books, including "Hatchet." The best way to sum of "Brian's Return" would be to say that if "Hatchet" were to be made into a movie of the same name (or something called, "A Cry in the Wild"), it would be seen in theaters everywhere. If "Brian's Return" were to be made into a movie, it would go straight to DVD, and would probably ruin the careers of any director or potential actor/actress trying to make a breakout film. It's just that terrible.
The problem with the book is that it just doesn't have a point. There's really no plot. There's no purpose. And really, there's no ending. One gets the feeling that the author was out of ideas, his publisher was pushing for one more book, and this is the end result. A half-hearted (even that is more than I feel the author put into it) attempt at making one last book in the series.
The characters are extremely weak and cliche. Like Carl, the bully who's jealous of Brian. And Susan, the girl who likes Brian. And Haley, who is thrown into the story just to get a bloody nose and get Brian to see red and attack Carl. Then Susan twists her knee yet somehow is able to walk to the police car to talk to Brian and no mention of her knee is ever brought back up in the story. Hmmm. And Haley with the broken nose is never mentioned again. It is terrible writing, which is horrible to say of an author who has written tremendous books.
And then there is Caleb the blind Counselor, which is another weak element to the story. The irony of a blind counselor being able to see what Brian sees, and guiding him back to finding himself. You, the unblind reader, would never see this coming. And what really strikes me about Caleb, the blind counselor, is that he is telling Brian (a minor) to go back to the woods. Not only is this unethical from a counseling stand-point, but he also didn't get parental permission, and he broke confidentiality by telling Brian's mother what went on during these counseling sessions that weren't really counseling sessions.
Brian must have the coolest mom in the world if she lets him go back into the woods all by himself, never to return.
And then there is Billy, the random woodsmen who would appear to be an older version of Brian. Or the same person as Brian. This is a paradox. And just like Billy disappeared, so we are left to assume that Brian disappeared to find his "medicine."
I can honestly say this is the worst book I've read by Gary Paulsen. It's extremely disappointing. Not only as a book, but it's also disappointing that the series had to end with such a flop. I wouldn't recommend the book to anyone, because it is a literary disaster. I could go on, but I think you get the point...