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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

Start date: October 1, 2018

Finish date: October 31, 2018

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Oct 20, 2018 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing

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I read this book for the Goodreads' Book Club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This book was fantastic! It is pretty long, but I never got bored. This book made me cry, smile, laugh and have so many emotions. That is something that we all wish when reading and this book achieved it.

"Alaska, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbrig ...more

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Jan 25, 2020 Melania 🍒 rated it really liked it

3.75|5 🏔

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Mar 05, 2018 Nanci rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction

I was so excited to get on the list at my library early and be able to read The Great Alone soon after it was published. I really loved The Nightingale and was looking forward to another story of such magnitude.

I seem to be in the minority with the reviews, but this book missed it for me. I give Kristin credit for taking such a different storyline from The Nightingale. Many times authors hit it big with a certain kind of story and then just continue along the same lines, which sometimes works, ...more

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Aug 14, 2023 Jess Penhallow rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: usa, 1970s

I haven't sobbed at a book like I sobbed at this book for years. Hannah is the master of writing about perseverance through struggle and she does it in a way where you can't help but be moved. The plot moves at a rapid pace through a whole range of events but it never feels overblown, you are just swept up in the epic struggle of the central characters. I absolutely loved it! ...more

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May 03, 2020 Kara Ayers rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mvbs, disability

I tried to temper my expectation for this book because I didn't think it could come close to how amazing I found the Nightengale. For me, it definitely did. I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd put off reading this one because I saw someone's review that sad it was so much like "Where the Crawdads Sing" that it was pointless to read both. I really don't even see the comparison-other than maybe colors on the cover. I also didn't think I'd be that interested in a story set in Alaska. It was fascinati ...more

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Jun 04, 2018 Angela Marie rated it it was amazing

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Brief Summary: When her father inherits a valuable piece of land, thirteen year old Leni moves with her parents to the Alaskan Wild in 1974. But Ernt Albright is a POW from Vietnam who suffers from PTSD and the family is up against the challenge of being pioneers in the Alaskan wilderness. I am a huge fan of this author and could not wait to read her follow-up to the blockbuster The Nightengale.

Highlights: The adventure of the Alaskan wilderness hands downs! I a ...more

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