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review 2019-01-10 11:16
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Mitten im Dschungel - Katherine Rundell,... Mitten im Dschungel - Katherine Rundell,Henning Ahrens

Die vier Kinder sind ganz auf sich alleine gestellt, als ihr Flugzeug über dem Amazonsregenwald abstürzt. Max ist mit seinen fünf Jahren der jüngste von ihnen. Zusammen mit seiner Schwester Lila und den beiden anderen Überlebenden Con und Fred, versuchen sie im Urwald zu überleben. Sie haben Wasser und Essen in der Nähe und nach einer Zeit sogar ein Dach über dem Kopf.
Fred hat einige Abenteuerbücher gelesen und beginnt ein Floss zu bauen. Mitten im tiefsten Dschungel machen sie eine Entdeckung, die ihr Leben verändert.

Ich liebe dieses Cover. Die ganzen Pflanzen, dicht an dicht, und dazwischen ein kleines Flugzeug. Das Cover zieht sofort die Aufmerksamkeit auf sich und in Verbindung mit dem Klappentext passt es super.

Eigentlich wollte ich nur kurz in das Buch rein lesen, aber dann hat mich der Schreibstil gefesselt. Rundell schreibt sehr bildhaft und es ist einfach sich in ihren Worten zu verlieren. Ehe man sich versieht ist man an der Seite der Kinder und fiebert mit, wenn sie um ihr Überleben kämpfen.
Das Buch wird ab elf Jahren empfohlen und ich finde, dass passt gut. Es ist nie grausam oder zu brutal. Man lernt einfach, dass das Leben kein Zuckerschlecken ist und einige Erkenntnisse der Protagonisten sind auch für Erwachsene hilfreich.

Die vier Protagonisten tragen alle auf ihre Art und Weise dazu bei zu überleben und der Zivilisation näher zu kommen. Ihre Gedanken sind, wie ihre Handlungen und Wörter, nachvollziehbar und glaubhaft.
Ich mochte sie alle sehr. Unglaublich wie schnell sie einem ans Herzen wachsen können.

Das Ende gefiel mir genau so gut, wie der Rest des Buches. Auch wenn man traurig ist, dass es schon vorbei ist.

Leseempfehlung für junge und alte Entdecker.

Ich habe das Buch von NetGalley bereitgestellt bekommen und bedanke mich herzlich dafür.

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review 2017-11-09 16:40
Rezension | Feo und die Wölfe von Katherine Rundell
Feo und die Wölfe - Katherine Rundell,Henning Ahrens

Beschreibung

 

Das Mädchen Feo lebt gemeinsam mit ihrer Mutter zurückgezogen in einer kleinen Hütte im Wald. Dort kümmern sie sich um Wölfe die von reichen Russen als Schoßhund gehalten wurden, um sie wieder auszuwildern und ihnen die Freiheit der Wälder Russlands zurück zu geben. Doch der Zar sieht es nicht gerne, dass seine Wildtiere von Wölfen gerissen werden und schickt General Rakow aus um die Wöfe zu töten. Feo und ihre Mutter weigern sich jedoch ihre geliebten Wölfe, die für sie längst wie eine Familie sind, aufzugeben.

 

Meine Meinung

 

Schon alleine das wunderschöne Cover des Jugendromans „Feo und die Wölfe“ von Katherine Rundell und die Tatsache, dass in der Geschichte Wölfe vorkommen, haben ausgereicht um meine Neugierde zu wecken. Die auf dem Cover dargestellte Szenerie mit Elementen aus dem Wald, einer kleinen Hütte und dem Schatten eines Wolfes passen hervorragend zum Ihnalt. Der blaugraue Einband des Buches macht zudem vor allem durch den Leinenrücken einen hochwertigen Eindruck und liegt beim Lesen angenehm in der Hand.

 

"Wölfe sind die Zauberer unter den Tieren." (Feo und die Wölfe, Seite 29)

 

Die Sprache ist wirklich sehr schlicht und einfach gehalten, ebenso der Erzählstil, so dass man leicht durch die Zeilen springen kann. Etwas mehr Schnörkel und eine anspruchsvollere Satzgestaltung hätten, meiner Meinung nach, der Geschichte bestimmt gut getan. Außerdem hätte ich mir gewünscht, dass etwas mehr auf die Eigenschaften und das Wesen der Wölfe eingegangen wird. Trotz alledem haftet der Geschichte durchaus etwas zauberhaftes und mitreisendes an, dass mich in seinen Bann gezogen hat. Freundschaft, Familie und Zusammenhalt stehen im Vordergrund und vermitteln somit jungen Lesern wichtige Werte.

 

Das Setting in den verschneiten russischen Wäldern hat mir ausgesprochen gut gefallen. Katherine Rundell beschwört sehr bildhaft eine passende Atmosphäre herauf und versteht es den Leser damit zu fangen. Dieser Aspekt hat mir von dem ganzen Buch am besten gefallen, genauso wie der märchenhafte Plot und die starke weibliche Hauptprotagonistin Feo.

 

"»Das«, sagte Alexej, der die Arbeit begutachtete, »ist der Stoff, aus dem Märchen gemacht sind.«" (Feo und die Wölfe, Seite 189)

 

„Feo und die Wölfe“ ist genau das richtige für die kalte Jahreszeit und eignet sich für Erwachsene mit einem Faible für märchenhafte Storys ebenso gut, wie für junge Leseratten.

 

Fazit

 

Kathrine Rundell entführt den Leser in die märchenhafte Winterlandschaft Russlands und verzaubert mit einer mutigen Heldin.

Source: www.bellaswonderworld.de/rezensionen/rezension-feo-und-die-woelfe-von-katherine-rundell
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review 2017-09-12 00:00
The Explorer
The Explorer - Katherine Rundell The Explorer - Katherine Rundell I received an ARC digital copy through Edelweiss

Ah! I'm so glad I was able to read this one! I love a good survival story, but it's been a while since I've read one. I enjoyed all the feels this story brought, and loved the characters, the setting, and the writing! The story was well told, and I love how the author used some of her own experiences to enhance the story!

I have always wanted to be a missionary, and to travel the world helping people. This story re-awoke that desire, and reminded me that not only do other countries offer a chance to explore and help people, but that there are people all around me who need a friend and a helping hand, and that life is an adventure, all we have to do it enjoy the ride.

I loved the explorer, and while I enjoyed all the characters, I loved how he was both wild and loving, wise and slightly mad. I often feel like I don't belong in modern society, like I was meant to be someone, or somewhere, else. I love how he found a place to call home, a place where he could be himself, even when the world seems to want you to be someone else.

My one dislike, that while there was only one swear word mentioned, there were quite a few cases where the word God was used to swear. I appreciate that as a children's book, they didn't use the regular words, but still disliked God being used this way. Outside of that one thing, I loved it, and highly recommend it!
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review 2016-07-16 09:30
The Wolf Wilder - Katherine Rundell

This was absolutely stunning, beautiful. It transported me to a cold, wolf-filled country. A country full of adventure, bad guys, but also hope and beauty.

I am not going to write a super long review, I want people to explore this book on their own, find out all the secrets, experience all the adventure themselves.

I normally am already quite good at transporting to the place in my book, but in this book? It was even more than other books. It was amazing how well I could go into this world, I love it when it happens in books. Though it is even harder to get out of the world when the book ends. It feels a bit jarring because even when the book has finished you can still feel the world clinging to you.

The book is about a Wolf Wilder named Feodora or Feo as she wants to be called by people. What is a wolf wilder? A person who makes tame wolves wild again. Yes, that is a job, and I wouldn't mind having it. It might be dangerous, but I would love to do it. It sounds so exciting, so adventurous, and also so rewarding. To help wolves, who are so tame, to adapt to the wild again, to make them a wolf again.
Not even that, I wouldn't mind living in this world, it is a cold, harsh world with danger lurking everywhere, but it does sound like a serene place in the end. I am not sure how to explain this better, but you barely have people around, there is nothing around you, and I just love snow!

Now back to the story. It started pretty awesome immediately, and only became better and better, though I have to say I absolutely disliked the villain. Which is logical considering all the things he does, and the writer really wrote this character amazingly. From the get-go you just want him to be defeated, you will cheer and hope, and cry with the characters when stuff happens.

Feo and Ilya's journey to find Feo's mother was a lot of fun, and so exciting to read about. And of course it is not only about the mother (though it is the main plot), it is about so many other things in the end. Defeating the evil, finding a place to belong, a place to be safe, making the world safer and happier.

I loved the wolves, they were amazing, and a great addition to the story (yes, I know it is about a Wolf Wilder, but that doesn't mean that there need to be wolves to come along with the main character) I was a bit worried they might suddenly talk, or we would go to their minds, but no thankfully they won't, the wolves were just that, pure wolf, all nature.
I loved how they protected Feo, but also Ilya, how they did everything the could to help her out.

The ending was gorgeous, though it felt a bit rushed, only a bit though, I was still delighted with all the characters and what happened to them in the end.

However I do have to warn you all, you will be crying at several moments because things happen, the author really doesn't shy away from doing certain things (it is always great when authors dare to do something that might make people cry, and shake their fist).

The book is also filled with absolutely gorgeous illustrations. Illustrations that really fit the style of the book perfectly. The art style reminded me a bit of Jon Klassen's illustrations.

All in all, I would highly recommend this book to everyone!

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com

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review 2016-03-17 16:19
The Wolf Wilder - Katherine Rundell

THE WOLF WILDER by Katherine Rundell reads like a Russian fairy tale. It tells the story of Feodora and her mother, they live in the snowbound woods of Russia. Feo’s mother is a wolf wilder, so Feo has grown up with wolves and has learnt to be wary of humans. So when soldiers from the Tsar arrive with weapons and take her mother away, Feo has no choice but to try and get her mother back.

THE WOLF WILDER has received a lot of favourable reviews, and whilst I wish I was one of those singing its praises, it left me feeling disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, there is a certain magic to the book; the cover is soft to the touch, and the silver lettering sparkles beautifully in the light, and then there are the gorgeous black and white illustrations inside. Rundell’s idea of a “wolf wilder” is an interesting one, and one that she writes well. There is a very definite feeling of the fairy tale to the story, and the world Rundell writes seems almost magical.

And yet, I cannot help but feel that THE WOLF WILDER is somehow an allegory of the Russian revolution. Even forgetting that, just taking the story at face value there is something about the tale that just does not sit quite right with me. I think perhaps because whilst Rundell casts Feo in the role of hero, within the narrative it is not a role she is comfortable with – Feo is as skittish around humans as her wolves.

Having said that there are things that I think Rundell did well. I do commend Rundell for making me feel as uncomfortable as Feo felt when things got away from her. I also thought that the mirroring of the beginning and ending of the book – the fairy tale-esq narrative – was written well, and worked brilliantly.

If you are interested in Russian history, and what to see a middle grade fairy tale take on the subject then THE WOLF WILDER is an interesting place to start – though I would suggest that you check out the young adult BLOOD RED, SNOW WHITE if you like this book, or if you want to know more about Russia. THE WOLF WILDER is an imaginative telling of the beginnings of a very real subject, and I think that Rundell handles the subject sensitively.

Originally posted on The Flutterby Room.

Source: theflutterbyroom.com/2016/03/17/review-the-wolf-wilder-by-katherine-rundell
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