#2 The Big Wander

I’ve finished reading The Big Wander and my opinion on it hasn’t changed much. I still think it was an okay book, not a must read book. The Big Wander became more enjoyable nearing the end of the story.

There were some things that I enjoyed about The Big Wander even though I didn’t enjoy the book overall. I still think the idea of the boy traveling across the desert alone to be somewhat entertaining and interesting. The ending was suitable, although predictable. It made you wonder what happened after the ending.

There were some things that I didn’t enjoy about the book. One was that some things that the author tried to express to the reader weren’t clear. Another was it was boring in the beginning, and boring in some other parts of the book.

I inferred a theme from the book. “Taking the chance of doing something that is right, but consequential is often rewarding.” I think this could be a possible theme because Clay took the chance of being caught and freed his uncle from a jail to help him free some wild horses that were going to be caught and slaughtered.

In a rating from 1-10 I would rate The Big Wander a 5 because it wasn’t the right book for me. To me it seemed boring. It didn’t catch my attention at the beginning, so it may have ruined the rest of the book. I wouldn’t strongly recommend this book, but somebody may find it to be a better book than I did.