Brian's Hunt (Unabridged)
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4.4 • 59 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
Brian sets out on the hunt of a lifetime in this follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!
Brian Robeson has stood up to the challenge of surviving the wilderness in Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return. Now, while camping alone on a lake in the woods, he finds a wounded and whimpering dog. As Brian treats her wounds, he worries about who or what did this to her. His instincts tell him to head north, quickly, to check on his Cree friends. With his new companion at his side, he sets out on the hunt.
Gary Paulsen expertly delivers a riveting story that brilliantly combines two of his great themes: the human animal's place in nature, and the mysterious and wonderful bond between humans and dogs.
“The Brian books reveal nature and humankind’s place in it with spare prose that seems ideally suited to the setting and plot.” —VOYA
“Based on real incidents, this well-written sequel to Hatchet and its successors will be gobbled up by the author’s legions of fans.” —Kirkus Reviews
Read all the Hatchet Adventures!
Brian's Winter
The River
Brian's Return
Brian's Hunt
Customer Reviews
Truly enjoyable semi-conclusion to Brian’s adventure.
I think it’s safe to say this may be one of, if not the best fiction survival series there are, and this final book does not disappoint. I do think the pacing toward the end was a bit too quick for my taste, and like many others crave another Brian story, but alas Gary Paulsen is sadly no longer with us to write one. I like to think in my head that Brian and his companion are still doing well, and at one point or another he met up with Susan and maybe even became her partner. Normally open endings like this aren’t my cup of tea, but I feel Paulsen executed it phenomenally.
The narration is also fantastic for this book. I missed Peter Coyote, who led me through three of four Brian’s previous adventures, but this new narrator did a great job at capturing the feeling of these stories that Coyote could convey so well. This series was my first of Gary Paulsens work, and I can’t wait to indulge in more.
The weakest link in a fantastic series
The audiobook itself was recorded exceptionally but the story itself is off from the rest of Brian’s story. The subplot about Kayqadash made no sense, especially because she was never mentioned at the end of Brian’s Winter. The narrator was too corny sounding and would have been better replaced with Peter Coyote who narrated the other books or Richard Thomas who narrated Brian’s Winter. The choice in incidental music felt out of place with previous incidental music.