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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

Start date: October 1, 2018

Finish date: October 31, 2018

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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
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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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Mar 06, 2019 Shana rated it really liked it

Book club read. I liked it but I really thought it was a different style of writing for Kristin Hannah. Well done and really gives a sense of what the Alaskan bush is really like. But I must say that I found the characters to be problematic. For example, there wasn’t a lot of discussion about how they learned from things and how they changed and I would’ve appreciated this dialogue. Also I was basically over the need to explain how dangerous it was there. I got it after like 10 pages of it. Havi ...more

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