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Book Review of Hatchet

Hatchet
Hatchet
Author: Gary Paulsen, Neil Waldman
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Read this with my daughter and we agreed it seemed more like a 'boy's book' than one for everyone. It was still interesting and we enjoyed the plot and the character. This isn't the kind of survival book we enjoy over all, though. Hatchet was a bit more stark than we liked, and the repetitive writing got on my nerves. It had its dramatic effect at times, but otherwise just made reading a bit of a chore.
For a boy who was used to lots of TV and grocery store food, he adapted mighty well to all the pain and suffering the author threw at him.