Official Review: When Lions Roar by Karen Leigh Gruber

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Re: Official Review: When Lions Roar by Karen Leigh Gruber

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This sounds like such an endearing story. With humans and animals merging together and good description of the world around them, in a place I have never been sounds like my kind of book. Thanks for reviewing.
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It's like the Lion King all over again only with humans in it as well. This book sounds like a exciting thriller.
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This book sounds like quite a page turner. I love the art on the cover of the book because of the bright colors and how it captures the reader's attention. I also like that the author did not use traditional chapter breaks in the form of chapter numbers, but rather natural breaks between the interactions of the different characters.
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Having both the human world and the animal world in one narrative sounds interesting. It seems to be well-written as well. I’m fond of fantasy novels that has great world building like this one.
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I like how creative and well-written the book is. Hannah is an amazing child that children could relate to and some might even envy her because she got to spend time with Kazi, the lioness.
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I like the idea of merging the stories of characters in the animal kingdom and human kingdom. I look forward to checking out this book. Thank you for a great review.
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Not so much the animal thing it's the human nature,emotions. This family really has issues. The wife is trying to figure out what's wrong with her husband. Darn good read
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This book sounds like it has some good elements to it, but I don't think that it will be a good fit for me based on your review so I'm going to pass on reading this one.
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Post by Hazel Arnaiz »

I wonder if Maggie's role as a mother and wife is an allusion to that of a lioness. Thank you for the review.
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This book sounds like a dramatic and suspenseful story set in Africa. I love stories that mix in the animal world as well! It’s a plus that it is so well-edited. Thanks for a nicely detailed review.
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I love reading about animal world and fantasy adventures where they merge with human world. I would surely like to read this book. Thanks for a wonderful review!
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From a sampling, this seems like an interesting novel about a family that moves to South Africa for work, but somewhere along the way, their daughter Hannah finds out about a calamity that befell a kingdom and she disappears. It might be worth a second look. Well done.
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This sounds like an intriguing story. It kind of reminds me of a true story I once heard of a British officer's daughter that got lost in India and was protected by some lions. Your description, though, and the themes included in the book make it clear this is not a children's story, though! Thanks for your interesting review.
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This sounds like an interesting story. Stories about South Africa and links to the animal kingdom are always interesting. Thanks for your great review.
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Post by Mohammad_Iqbal »

Appears to be the short and sweet story of two different different worlds in a single narrative. It's interesting to read.
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