This is an intriguing read - I enjoyed it, possibly more than I'd initially thought I might. For comparisons sake, the closest equivalent I could think of in terms of the plot isn't another book but rather the film Nell, in which Jodie Foster plays a lady discovered in the forest who had seemingly lived in isolation.

While the main plot involving the titular 'wild boy' who is affectionately given the name Victor, is interesting enough, this novel contains sub plots as well. As the novel builds, we as a reader learn more about the family and background of the people trying to help Victor. Things aren't as simple as we may like them to be and the more I read, the more curious I became to try to come to my own conclusions about how Victor came to be found where and in the condition he was found in. Its definitely intriguing, even though it is fictional but I believe very roughly based on a true story, although I don't know enough about that to be able to say how much of it is partly true (or accurate) or not.

I was a bit frustrated by the layout of the novel, with no real traditional chapters - its separated into a number of parts instead and a lot of it appears to be written as if in a journal/diary type way. There is dialogue provided and yet there are no speech marks to distinguish the start and end of conversations, which was, in a sense, a bit frustrating.

I found myself attempting to picture various circumstances depicted in the novel - its an imaginative and also thought provoking read. I'm not sure I've read anything quite like it, in terms of novels, in the last while and so I'd recommend it on that basis. I also liked the element of hope that it seemed to provide, or allude to.