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The River

The River

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The River, by Gary Paulsen, is a great book!
Review: In the book, The River, Brian Robeson is asked to go back into the woods again after a terrifying two months with only a hatchet. The government wants him to do this. They want to write down and use the skills he used to help other people stay alive in this type of situation. Brian is the only one recorded to of survived a circumstance such as this. Only this time, he will be accompanied by a psychologist to mock the things he does. During one of the many storms they encounter Derek, the psychologist. is hit by lightning. From this incident he is put into a coma. With the transmitter dead; he has to get Derek 100 miles back to a trading post, if the map he has is accurate.

This book was an excellent choice for me to read. The suspense in the book is just what I needed to enjoy this book. The characters they used to were perfect for the mood set by the plot. I also enjoyed how well this related to the Hatchet, the book before that set the plot. I hope there is an additional book like this one. If I had to choose one book to read again it would definitely be The River.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The River
Review: I really liked the book, The River because its a good adventure book. I also liked the suspense when something happens. For example, when a bad storm comes and Derek gets hit by lighting. Paulson tells u what happened through Brian's feelings and the way he sees things. Another reason I liked this book is the great detail. Paulson creates a pictures in your head of what is happening. It feels like you're right there felling and going through the same stuf they are. There is one spot that is slow and not really interesting but thats the only part.

The best part in the book is when Derek and Brian go down the water rapids. Brian tries to control the raft but he can't. He ends up running into a rock and falling off. Brian gets pushed around and finally gets to shore but can't find the raft.

The two story elements that were vivid to me were the conflicts and the setting. The conflicts in the book were really intense. Brian had to face a lot if character vs. self and character vs. nature conflicts. The setting details in the book were great. You feel like you were there watching the lighting and hearing the thunder.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Wild Adventures of Brian Robeson
Review: The exciting quest began when Derrick Holtzer showed up at the door step of young Brian Robeson. Derrick is a goverment official that invited Brian back into the large Canadian wilderness to reinact his experience. During their exciting trip Derrick was suddenly struck by lightning in a terrible storm and slipped in to a coma. Brian's new challenge was to raft down the rapid Necktie River. Brian had to build a raft and paddle to a small store about 100 miles down the river. Derrick's life is now dependant on Brian. I thought this book was very exciting. I would recommend it to anyone that likes adventure stories.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: An okay book to read
Review: I guess the book was o.k. It wasnt a book I would suggest someone to read. I didnt read it because it looked interesting, it was just something to read since i read the hatchet. For some reason i knew something was gonna happen because the beginning of the story was boring. The trip was gonna turned bad some how. There wasnt any action in it. I dont know i guess it was a good book.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The River
Review: This book was not a good as the others. I found it to be very boring. The other books to the sequel (Hatchet and Brians River) were exellent though

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The River Review
Review: The river is the sequel to the hatchet. In the hatchet a months. In the river Brian is asked to do it again. Him and a psycologist go to the wilderness. During a storm Derek is hit by lightning and is sent into a comma. Brian needs to get him to a hospital but the nearest one is one hundred miles away.
Overall I liked this book. It did a very good job of vividly describing the scenery and all the obstacles the had to face. The book was only 132 pages though. I think if it was longer it could have been better.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Brian does it again"
Review: In this sequel to Gary Paulsen's The Hatchet Brian finds himself faced with a new challenge. Instead of he himself surviving, he must get someone else to safety. Derek Holtzer asks Brian to do it again, to survive so that he can teach others to do it, but then he is struck by lightning, disabling him and forcing Brian to get him to safety before it's top late. The only option is the river that leads out to safety, as he is yet faced with another challenge.
I thought that this book was an easy read, and it was fantastically crafted, just like any other Paulsen work. He brings fourth a style which is felt because of his experiences in the wilderness, and makes you go through all of the ups and downs that the character experiences. It was definitely a thrill ride from start to finish, with a good strong plot and lots of interesting details of survival. Overall I'd say that this book is a worthy sequel to Hatchet and a must for any Paulsen fan.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The River
Review: I thought that this book was pretty good. I don't think that it was as good as Hatchet. It had less action and was more predictable. I thought it had a fairly good plot, but needed more action.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The River review
Review: I think this book is very average, not as good as the first one, Hatchet. It's about Brian Robeson, who survived 54 days in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet two years earlier. Now the government wants him to go back as a research for a training program for astrounauts and the military. But under a storm Brians companion Derek gets hit by the lightning and falls into a coma. Now Brian must save Derk by building a raft and travel down a river.
The book is pretty slow, it's not until after about a hundred pages that their journey begins down the river. When that happened I think mr Paulsen just wanted to finish the book. However, if you really enjoyed Hatchet, I think you should read this. (Please mind my english, I'm from Sweden)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: TheRiver
Review: Brian Robeson was a true survivor. This young boy survived alone in the Canadian Woods for 2 months with only a Hatchet.

He has been asked to go back by the government to through this difficult process again so other will learn about this experience. Who Would Be That Crazy? He decides to do it; only this time he has someone with him, taking notes, and watching every move.

No matter how strong one may think you are the fears and nightmares never left Brian. The only consolation was Derek his companion who was caring and brought every thing possible for survival. Brian knowing that it could not be the same, he asked for the supplies to be left behind.

A bad storm changed both their lives. Derek was hit by lighting and was in a coma. Brian now had to save Derek's life and the only way been down the river, with only a map and knifes his task began. Tension and suspense continues through out the story, as we all know how dangerous the river can be. This story can be enjoyed by girls and boys 9 and Up.


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