Kit's Wilderness included conflicting opposites and important relationships. The Horn Book Magazine noted some themes, including "Light and dark, of life and death, [and] of remembering and forgetting."[9] An interview with the "power of friendship."[12] He went on to note the, "bravery of children."[12] and how it had played a central role in his writing.
Kit’s Wilderness uses style as both a literary element and to add another layer to the story. Enicia Fisher noted the "rare break from story-telling tradition,[in which] David Almond gives the ending away at the beginning."[13] He also made a point of the “Web of stories”[13] in the book that resulted from Kit's story within the story. Enicia Fisher also described the story as a blend of “Magic and realism."[13]
