hatchet is the fucking worst. it's like the revenant on nyquil.
that whole spate of outdoorsy survivalist books in the nineties was really boring, but Hatchet was THE WORST.
who is brian? why do I care what happens to him? why are entire chapters devoted to how to build a fire in the woods? why didn’t gary paulsen just send this to Woodsman’s Monthly instead of subjecting grade schoolers to it?
















