Savvy's Reviews
Not sure you want to dig into that new book? Let Savvy do the hard work for you! Here's her latest review!
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
This is a heroic story of life and how to survive it because the world is not tame. Ashley, who feels more at home under the roof of the forest trees than her own home goes hiking one night with her friends. She’s ready for a night of partying, forgetting, and surrender. But what she isn’t ready for is her cheating boyfriend and his beautiful ex-girlfriend surrendering to their unforgotten desire for each other. When she finds them together in a tent she storms off into the night. Morning brings the realization that she’s alone and farther off than she realized. The world might not be tame, but neither are humans.
This story of survival is full of metaphors for life and the reasons we shouldn’t give up on it. Lost in an undisturbed forest, Ashley has to push herself farther than she ever has before to make it out of the forest alive and intact. With nothing but the clothes on her back and not even socks to protect her feet, the forest will teach Ashley more about life than she ever learned from her small town. But she can’t shake the memory of Davey Beat who entered this forest willingly years ago… and never came back out.
This is a great weekend read full of treacherous adventure and the realization that life is beautiful as long as you’re looking from just the right angle. Survivalist stories are not my favorite genre but this one was really more of a story of self-discovery for Ashley and the mental work she has to do in order to make it out alive. With remnants of Hatchet by Gary Paulson, this might just be the next great YA survival story.
No comments:
Post a Comment