This book was very interesting! It featured a lot of different themes, settings and characters that I haven’t come across before. We follow Georgia in the UK and Julius in Nigeria, both teenagers that are living unique but difficult lives.
Arctic Zoo is a tale of independence, friendship and standing up for what is right! Politics is an issue that I don’t have a huge amount of knowledge on, so it was very interesting to read a YA novel featuring it and encouraging teenagers to take an interest in it.
This book provides an insight into different cultures as well having LGBTQ and mental health representation.
The only issue I had with this story was that I felt it lacked development in certain areas. For example, I don’t think that Georgia’s mental health and well-being was very well portrayed and I think it was sort of brushed over, despite the life shattering events that she experiences. She seemed to just forget about these huge plot points when you would expect them to be at the front of her mind.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was very unique and featured so many things that were new to me - 4 stars!
Arctic Zoo is a tale of independence, friendship and standing up for what is right! Politics is an issue that I don’t have a huge amount of knowledge on, so it was very interesting to read a YA novel featuring it and encouraging teenagers to take an interest in it.
This book provides an insight into different cultures as well having LGBTQ and mental health representation.
The only issue I had with this story was that I felt it lacked development in certain areas. For example, I don’t think that Georgia’s mental health and well-being was very well portrayed and I think it was sort of brushed over, despite the life shattering events that she experiences. She seemed to just forget about these huge plot points when you would expect them to be at the front of her mind.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was very unique and featured so many things that were new to me - 4 stars!