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The Bear

Andrew Krivak

3.87 · Rating details · 266 ratings · 178 reviews

From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants and a girl’s journey home.

In an Eden-like future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They own a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches his ...more

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Dec 28, 2019 Angela M rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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A fable, an ominous tale for the human race, one that leaves us not knowing what the thing was that spares the beauty and bounty of nature, but no human beings save for a man and his young daughter. The beautiful writing and a story that held me, had me reading this in one day. I wasn’t surprised. I loved both of Krivak’s other novels. It’s taken me some time to write a review because I didn’t want to give too much away and still do justice to this story.

In this novel there are amazingly A fable, an ominous tale for the human race, one that leaves us not knowing what the thing was that spares the beauty and bounty of nature, but no human beings save for a man and his young daughter. The beautiful writing and a story that held me, had me reading this in one day. I wasn’t surprised. I loved both of Krivak’s other novels. It’s taken me some time to write a review because I didn’t want to give too much away and still do justice to this story.

In this novel there are amazingly beautiful descriptions of nature, touching tales of animals, stories that the girl’s father tells her of her mother, a story of a bear that saved a village, a story of a care giving puma. Tales and stories and lessons are told that will stay with the girl for the rest of her life. We don’t know when or where the story takes places and we don’t know their names. I’m usually left feeling detached from characters when they are not given names, but in this case I could not have been more emotionally involved with the man and his daughter. I felt them in their moments of pain and sadness and grief and in their moments of joy and relief. The care and love her father gives her teaching her to hunt, to fish, to make a bow and arrows, to survive by herself for the time when he is no longer with her melted my heart. It’s a joy to her and to the reader, when he teaches her to read. It was achingly sad, but at the same time beautiful when he takes her to the mountain where her mother’s remains are buried for the first time.

This is a short book and I wanted there to be more of the story before that last chapter beautiful chapter. I won’t say much about the plot because you really have to experience this yourself. I’ll just say that this book is about a journey, a journey of survival, of instinct, of the desire to pay honor to a loved one, full of love and loss, joy and sadness, a journey of life. This is one of those books that will remain with me for its beauty and it’s significance.

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Jan 06, 2020 Karen rated it it was amazing

A beautiful story!
A young girl and her father are the last remaining humans.
They live in a post apocalyptic world in the shadow of a lone mountain..where nature is full of animals and vegetation.
The father teaches the daughter how to make hunting tools and how to hunt.. how to make clothing and food. He tells her the the secrets of the seasons and the stars and tells her stories about her mother who passed soon after the girls birth.
After some years pass, the girl is alone in an unknown ...more

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Dec 20, 2019 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it

Shelves: lor-2019

A wondrous tale of love, loss and the natural world that remains. A father and his daughter, both unnamed, are the last two humans to inhabit the world. We don't know why, but birds, and animals, plants and fauna as well as fish are still present. The girls mother died when she was a year old, and while we don't know exactly where they are living, we do know it is near a mountain and a long trek away to the ocean. The years pass and soon the girl is alone, but only in human companionships, the ...more

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Jul 11, 2019 Fran rated it it was amazing

Civilization has collapsed and humankind is extinct save for two survivors, Father and Girl. They live in a house constructed of timber, stones and cement, a house with a glass window, "a precious hand me down". The dwelling is set halfway up the mountain slope along the old eastern range of "the mountain that stands alone".

Once they were a family of three. Girl was born on the day of the summer solstice. Yearly, on this day, Father and Girl climb to the top of "the mountain that stands alone" ...more

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Aug 20, 2019 Cheri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: literary-fiction, netgalley, 2019, fable

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There are just these two, a girl and her father, the last two left living on the eastern range of this mountain. Once, another time, it had been the man and a woman who had come to this place, had built a house using stones from the earth, timber and cement made from limestone, a glass window which was so rare now, handed down to the woman from her parents, and from the generations that came before. The woman was no longer there, she lay underneath the stones and stars on the ...more

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Sep 02, 2019 Carol rated it liked it

Shelves: post-apocalyptic, netgalley, 200, read-2019, published-2020, fable

3.5 Stars.

"Without you I'd be nothing but alone."

THE BEAR is an enchanting little fable about loss and survival in the wilderness....with some pretty cool animal friendlies.

Although post-apocalyptic, it's not blatantly obvious and is not dark. There are no villainous types waiting around the corner to steal what you have or do you harm; the only fear being the elements, loss and loneliness....which is relentless.

The story is simple. There's a man, a girl, a mountain home, a trip to the

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Jun 22, 2019 Caroline rated it did not like it

Shelves: did-not-finish, cover-lust, ho-hum, zzz, magical-realism, he-wrote-it, arc-or-advance-freebie

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Full disclosure: Book abandoned at 33%.

I was bored by this story. A father and daughter live alone somewhere in the wilderness, the implication being that they're the last few survivors after some apocalyptic event. In the beginning, the (nameless) father and (nameless) daughter spend time talking and hiking up a mountain, whose summit is shaped like a bear. Some magical realism elements come into play later in the story.

The Bear reminded me in a few ways of The Road. It's ...more

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Feb 08, 2020 Suzanne thebookblondie rated it it was amazing

The Bear by Andrew Krivak (#12 in 2020)

There are no names, there is no specific setting, there is no time period, and there are no quotation marks, but The Bear absolutely blew me away.

In most post-apocalypic plots, the environment is futuristic and technology-based with characters who have trouble survivingwithouttheir modern and futuristic conveniences. There are no modern conveniences, and I honestly didn't get the impression that this was a sci-fi/post-apocalyptic story. Instead of telling The Bear by Andrew Krivak (#12 in 2020)

There are no names, there is no specific setting, there is no time period, and there are no quotation marks, but The Bear absolutely blew me away.

In most post-apocalypic plots, the environment is futuristic and technology-based with characters who have trouble surviving without their modern and futuristic conveniences. There are no modern conveniences, and I honestly didn't get the impression that this was a sci-fi/post-apocalyptic story. Instead of telling the story about the last two people on Earth, I felt that this story could have been about a survivalist family who chooses a life disconnected from the modern world or even from Native American folklore.

The Bear doesn't center itself around a time period, or location, or even around character drama. Rather, The Bear focuses on love, nature, and humanity's connection to the planet we are perpetually destroying. The storyline contains only two real characters: the girl and her father. Neither character has a name, but the father constantly teaches his daughter survival skills and shares folktales with her that serve to teach valuable lessons. In time, a few symbolic characters present themselves, but these characters are more spiritually-based than the girl and her father.

While the father tells fables to educate his daughter, The Bear, in itself, is a folktale meant to teach us, readers, a few lessons. The plot is simplistic in form, but the girl is an ever-evolving character full of dimension and wisdom. Krivak includes tropes of grief, love, and survival, but his biggest trope hauntingly connected humans to nature.

It's difficult to praise this book as much as it deserves, but I suggest reading it aloud to yourself. This is the kind of book you need to speak aloud to truly feel its power. 5 stars

Also-- I saw that Libro.fm has an audio copy, so I gave it a quick listen to see if I could recommend it to you all. DO NOT do the audio. The voice made me want to run to the wilderness, myself, and live out my remaining days.

"But we don't get to choose when we leave here to sleep on the mountain. We all have to sleep on the mountain one day. Even the bear. Even when we struggle with all our will not to." ...more

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Jan 27, 2020 Susan's Reviews rated it really liked it

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Andrew Krivak has a gift for describing Nature. The Bear tells the story of the last humans on earth. Loss and loneliness are just a fragment of what you will feel as you read about the father and daughter's journey together, then her life alone, when he too is gone. As she grieves for her father, a bear, which they had seen earlier on their travels, reappears and speaks to her, ...more

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Sep 19, 2019 Jill rated it it was amazing

Imagine this premise—as articulated by Andrew Krivak—What would it be like if there were only two people left in the world? Would the world really be a place ravaged by war and covered in darkness and destruction, like so many works of fiction now imagine it? Or would nature have reclaimed everything but what the last two carry with them, sole reminders of the past?

Andrew Krivak’s spare novel imagines the latter scenario. We don’t know and never learn why all of Earth’s inhabitants disappeared; Imagine this premise—as articulated by Andrew Krivak—What would it be like if there were only two people left in the world? Would the world really be a place ravaged by war and covered in darkness and destruction, like so many works of fiction now imagine it? Or would nature have reclaimed everything but what the last two carry with them, sole reminders of the past?

Andrew Krivak’s spare novel imagines the latter scenario. We don’t know and never learn why all of Earth’s inhabitants disappeared; we only know that an unnamed father and his daughter remain. This is a contemplative novel, where nature owns the plot, and where the two who remain are intricately woven into the tapestry of nature. When the girl finds herself alone, it is a bear, a puma, and an eagle who will tend to her survival.

There is a poignancy and a beauty in this fablelike novel that will appeal on two levels; first, to parents whose role is to guide their children forward, which I believe is Mr. Krivak’s intended audience. But also, it delivers powerful messages to those who are looking through the rearview of the mirror at their lives. One of the key themes—that no one or nothing is lost or has disappeared forever and that the universe goes on within and without you—is particularly touching to someone like me, who lost my mother last year.

Deceptively simple but hauntingly constructed, The Bear, like most other fables, is partially symbolic: waiting out the long cold winter of one’s soul and emerging again, stronger and ready to survive. In an era when nature is handled so cavalierly by those who should be charged with its stewardship, there is also a sinking feeling of loss along with the inevitability that in the end, nature will be there after we’re gone.

Those who prefer action plots would be advised to look elsewhere for their next read. But those who enjoy a cautionary tale that is meditative and lyrical will surely enjoy The Bear. Thank you to #BellevueLiteraryPress for an advance reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Dec 22, 2019 Nancy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley

In The Bear, Andrew Krivak weaves a hauntingly beautiful novel of elegant simplicity, visually rich and unforgettable. The story of a girl and her father surviving alone in a wilderness becomes a fable, a testament to familial love, and a portrait of humankind's place in the world.

This is a novel that entered my dreams, strangely offering a sense of peace and a feeling of oneness with the natural world. Strange because this is also a dystopian novel set in a future when mankind has disappeared In The Bear, Andrew Krivak weaves a hauntingly beautiful novel of elegant simplicity, visually rich and unforgettable. The story of a girl and her father surviving alone in a wilderness becomes a fable, a testament to familial love, and a portrait of humankind's place in the world.

This is a novel that entered my dreams, strangely offering a sense of peace and a feeling of oneness with the natural world. Strange because this is also a dystopian novel set in a future when mankind has disappeared and his civilization has crumbled, reverted to its basic elements.

These two remaining live an idealized oneness with nature. They have some antiques--a glass window, some moldering books, a silver comb, singular heirlooms of another time. The father teaches his daughter how to fish and hunt, how to turn animal fur into clothing and blankets, how to sew shoes from leather and sinew. They drink pine needle tea and gather nuts. The weeds we heedlessly poison become their salad. The maple helicopters that we curse when cleaning the gutters are their survival food.

What a long way we have come, we humans with our large brains and big dreams and greedy appetites! I look about my yard and neighborhood and understand suddenly the plenty that surrounds me. Not just my father's apple trees that bore thousands of fruit this year, but the maple trees and the oaks down the road. Not just my raised bed of chard and kale but the weeds I diligently pull up one by one.

Krivak's heroine is aided by her totem animal, the bear whose profile is seen in the mountain where her mother's bones rest. With winter, he sleeps and the girl is aided by a puma. These magical creatures feel a kinship--a kinship humanity has rarely returned.

Oh, no, we are to conquer and subdue and use and abuse!

But what has that gotten us?--Decimation of species, destruction of the environment, pollution that poisons us, alienation.

The gorgeous style of Krivak's writing, his story of survival and death that somehow brings a sense of peace, the love and respect shown by his characters, the themes eternal and crucial, earmark this as a must-read novel.

I received a free ebook from the publisher through NetGalley. My review is unbiased and fair. ...more

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Jun 19, 2019 Tish rated it it was amazing

I absolutely loved this adult fairy tale about a father and daughter (referred to throughout as “The Man” and “The Girl” a la The Road), the last two humans on earth.

The first half of the book follows The Man and The Girl as he shows her how to survive, and tells her stories about her deceased mother, and tales of the bear who saved the village.

The second half takes a bit of a detour, as The Man and The Girl embark on a quest to the ocean. This is when you will need to keep an open mind and ...more

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Sep 20, 2019 Mary Lins rated it it was amazing

Shelves: complete

“The Bear”, by Andrew Krivak, is a beautifully written, perfectly-paced, poignant, thoughtful, engaging, haunting, suspenseful, post-apocalyptic tale of a father and daughter – the last two humans on Earth. I found it profoundly touching.

“The Bear” quite defies characterization re a genre. It’s not dystopian, certainly not sci-fi, and it’s not a fairy tale or a fantasy; maybe it’s an allegory, though it’s called a “fable” on the back cover, and perhaps that’s the best description. What I do know ...more

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Oct 09, 2019 switterbug (Betsey) rated it it was amazing

Andrew Krivak wowed me before with THE SIGNAL FLAME, and before that, THE SOJOURN; both books have familial links to each other, and provide a window into grief and loss and, especially, letting go. Redemption is also an energetic but nuanced theme with this writer. THE BEAR is a completely different style and format—it is an adult fairytale, but the allegory reaches back to his past books and covers grief, shame loss, survival, and redemption.

I am quite picky about adult fairytales, as they don ...more

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Jan 01, 2020 Lillian rated it really liked it

Shelves: doorway-character, doorway-language, doorway-setting, fantasy, dystopia, elastic-realism

The Bear does not fold into any specific category or genre.
Fable might be the best way to describe it albeit one with gorgeous prose and luscious descriptions of the natural world.
Krivak reminds us of our own frailty and the fierce bond between human and animal with little if any difference between the two.

I applaud Bellevue Literary Press for its heightened awareness of quality books and stories.
Thank you for the ARE.

I am grateful for the opportunity to read The Bear.

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Jan 14, 2020 Laura Ungureanu rated it liked it

Shelves: reviewed

Oh, come on. Such a beautiful cover, but the content? The plot had everything for an unforgettable reading experience, but nothing happened. Let's start with the good things.
-Interesting premise. A girl and her father are the only two humans left. It's a great thing to start from. Catchy.
-Short and fast. Because of its fable nature, this book is a quick read. The writing is also flowing.
-Human and nature. Humans are left to survive in this harsh environment. They learn how to hunt, how to make ...more

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Feb 11, 2020 Asheley marked it as did-not-finish · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook

DNF @ 74%. I was with it until The Bear came into the story, and then I tried to listen further. But my mind wouldn't stop wandering. Normally if I make it this far through a book, I push thru. And I tried with everything in me, but I just couldn't keep going.

I chose this because the unnamed man and his daughter have ties to nature, being the last two people left on earth. They depend so heavily on what they could hunt or find. The scenes with the man and his daughter up on the mountain are ...more

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Dec 08, 2019 Laura Hart rated it it was amazing

What a beautiful way to end the year. Moving portrait of the relationship between humanity and nature. A must read.

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Aug 07, 2019 Anneke rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley-read

Book Review: The Bear
Author: Andrew Krivak
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Publication Date: February 11, 2020
Review Date: August 7, 2019

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

From the blurb:
“In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the ...more

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Dec 31, 2019 Karen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

THE BEAR
BY ANDREW KRIVAK

ANREW KRIVAK YOU ARE AN AMAZING WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. After reading, "THE SIGNAL FLAME," and absolutely loving it for its deeply humane and gorgeous prose and telling a fabulous story with some gentle characters. You can only imagine how excited I was to receive an ARC this morning after just requesting it last night. "THE BEAR," was pure poetry, a loving ballard to mortality, the planet with its beautiful landscapes of nature, of the love we feel for our families, THE BEAR
BY ANDREW KRIVAK

ANREW KRIVAK YOU ARE AN AMAZING WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. After reading, "THE SIGNAL FLAME," and absolutely loving it for its deeply humane and gorgeous prose and telling a fabulous story with some gentle characters. You can only imagine how excited I was to receive an ARC this morning after just requesting it last night. "THE BEAR," was pure poetry, a loving ballard to mortality, the planet with its beautiful landscapes of nature, of the love we feel for our families, the love we feel for the lushness of the flora and fauna. There is so much to absolutely admire and appreciate about Andrew Krivak's latest crafted novel. The very beginning first few pages took my breath away in its spare imagery and poetic language. I felt like I was inside the story hovering above these lovely characters both human and animal.

I devoured this beautiful fable in one short sitting and could feel the love that this father felt for his daughter in the way he gave her a meaningful gift every year of her birthday on my favorite day of the year also---the summer soltice, June 21, the longest day of the year. He honored his wife and daughter by teaching her how to make things to survive and always with respect for the land and animals. This novel refreshes me on this dreary winter day like the restorative peace I feel out in nature by myself. The evanescence of the simplicity with which they live appreciating and honoring their sources of food and don't waste a single part of the wild whether it be animal or plant or fish.

I felt the overwhelming grief when the daughter told her father not to go down into the depth of the earth and he got bit by what I can only imagine on their way to collect salt from the ocean. I knew he was not going to be able to make the journey back. I found the stories within this story to be lovely. I felt such an overwhelming wave of emotion when she meets the bear and puma. I loved the magical realism of the bear explaining how every single form of life including the trees and the rivers communicate and how the trees have the everlasting memories that whisper to new generations of tales of all of the species. This had a bittersweet ending that only made me want more. I was truly bereft to realize that I was reading the last written prose but hopeful knowing I can read this again and again to nourish my soul.

With the warmest thanks to Net Galley, the talented beyond words Andrew Krivak and Bellevue Publishing for generously sharing their eARC with me in exchange for a fair and honest review. There is so much more praise I could bestow to you all. It is easy with such a favorite author to want to share such a masterpiece with hopes this book gets all the recognition it deserves.

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Jun 07, 2019 Gia rated it really liked it

More fable with its halcyon prose and mythic style, Krivak delivers a superbly written tale.

The Bear narrates the story of a father and daughter, the last surviving humans on earth in a world where nature has reclaimed her primacy for all of creation.

Knowing that she will outlive him, the father spends most of their time together teaching his daughter the skills to survive on her own. He does this with profound love and patience, always thinking ahead to prepare her for whatever she might ...more

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Oct 07, 2019 Colleen rated it it was amazing

I am so surprised by the number of negative reviews for this little novel—I think it's an absolute gem, perhaps a masterpiece, and I believe it will become a niche classic and hopefully win awards. And I came to it as a reluctant reader, because I'm neither a fan of dystopia (it's actually not dystopian, even though it's about the last two people on earth) nor of magical realism or fantasy (it has elements of those). I discovered it because I met the author at his signing at the American Library ...more

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Jul 22, 2019 Michelle rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: arc

The first half of this book was a solid 3.5 stars read to me. The premise and the writing style reminded me a lot of McCarthy’s The Road, but I surmise that was intentional. Though this book felt more poetic to me, more like a fairy-tale, and certainly less bleak and dark - though The Bear does have its sad moments.
I wish that feeling had stayed with me during the second half of the book. But unfortunately it gave way to boredom. The action was repetitive, the dialogue almost non-existent and ...more

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Feb 10, 2020 Lily rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, 2020

***Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review***

Trigger warnings for death, animal death, blood.

This book is a lot. Overall, I really enjoyed it, though!

Bad things: These are just personal opinions, and I’m a highly opinionated person haha. For both of these, I understand the stylistic choices behind them, but I still didn’t like them. I wish we didn’t knew the characters names, and I wish the dialogue had quotation marks (even though this especially ...more

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Feb 02, 2020 Elle rated it really liked it

* Disclaimer: I received a copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. *

A girl and her father are alone in the wilderness, perhaps the last of humankind. An accident occurs on their trek to the ocean for salt and the girl must find her way back alone. Alone, that is, save for the help of a talking bear.

I put this one off for longer than I should have...it was a surprisingly great read. There is so much packed in this short book. It was a mix of dystopian and magical ...more

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Aug 13, 2019 Meghan (TheBookGoblin) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

*ARC provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review*

Why am I feeling this? she asked. Because you're beginning to understand. Understand what? That every thing has its end. And we have a part to play, right up to that end.

Sometimes a story doesn't have to contain flowery language or poetic verse to be incredible. Sometimes a story is beautiful in its subtlety and the pure truth that it offers. The Bear by Andrew Krivak falls in to the latter. This tale of loss, love and survival is ...more

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May 30, 2019 Amy rated it did not like it

Shelves: couldn-t-get-through

Part fairy tale, part fable, a possible glimpse into our future? It takes a good deal of suspension of disbelief to stay with this story. I will admit I gave up half-way through. I just was not drawn to the characters or to their story enough to finish.

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Nov 28, 2019 Estee rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc

”The bear looked into the fire then and said, The wood you burn to cook your food and keep you warm? The smoke that rises was once a memory. The ashes all that is left of the story it belonged to.”

I thought this story was beautiful. It’s a story about a father and daughter and nature. I loved the relationship between the father and daughter, especially that he was teaching her survival skills. I love how they live off the land and respect it. It reminded me of the first half of “Where the ...more

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Aug 07, 2019 Brie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, ebook, post-apocalyptic, review-books, read-in-2019

thank you to net galley for the advanced copy. all opinions are my own

I really, really liked this book. It was such an interesting take on a post-apocalyptic world - one that is so far in the future, it almost feels like the past. And maybe I enjoyed it so much because I read it right after finishing a 7 day hike along the West Coast Trail so the process of surviving in nature was fascinating to me.

The Bear is a beautifully written book about a girl and a man (her father) and they are the last ...more

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Jun 14, 2019 Hope Reads rated it it was amazing

This book will easily become one of the classics. The writing is poetically phenomenal. There is beautiful imagery throughout the entire book and the journey you go through while reading this story will leave you in tears. This book will make you want to connect with nature and find the signs of nature's voice. It will give you a whole new respect for our environment.
At first, this book is quite depressing, but you must keep reading! This is not just a tale of sorrow. It is a tale of hope and ...more

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The grandson of Slovak immigrants, Andrew Krivak grew up in Pennsylvania, has lived in London, and has taught at Harvard, Boston College, and the College of the Holy Cross. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.