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It has been over a week since I finished reading this book, and yet the characters are still haunting me. I just thought about them like I wanted to know how they are now, and what they are doing in "The Great Alone". This book was tossing me to and fro while I was reading it. I got frustrated with Leni & her mom Cora at times. Pissed off at her father most of the time. But I loved Leni, and wanted the best for her. Ahhh so so good. I miss these characters :(
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5/5 Stars!
Where do I begin with this review? The Great Alone is a quiet, yet powerful novel. The plot is fairly slow moving, but the character development is outstanding! This is expert level writing as it makes you feel what the characters are feeling, smell what they smell, see what they see, taste what they taste. I have never been to Alaska, but I truly feel like I was there while reading this book. I was contemplating giving this book 4-4.5 stars when I was about 3/4 of the way through it. ...more
Where do I begin with this review? The Great Alone is a quiet, yet powerful novel. The plot is fairly slow moving, but the character development is outstanding! This is expert level writing as it makes you feel what the characters are feeling, smell what they smell, see what they see, taste what they taste. I have never been to Alaska, but I truly feel like I was there while reading this book. I was contemplating giving this book 4-4.5 stars when I was about 3/4 of the way through it. ...more
This plot provides quite an interesting juxtaposition of two women loving battle-scarred men and yet, the experiences are so different.
In one, the man is a Vietnam Veteran suffering PTSD that "makes" him abusive and in the other the man is shielding the woman he loves from that abuse.
I applaud the author's presentation of a harsh environment and what it takes to survive when everything seems intent on killing you, and staying alive is the only reward you need. The violence was difficult to rea ...more
In one, the man is a Vietnam Veteran suffering PTSD that "makes" him abusive and in the other the man is shielding the woman he loves from that abuse.
I applaud the author's presentation of a harsh environment and what it takes to survive when everything seems intent on killing you, and staying alive is the only reward you need. The violence was difficult to rea ...more
It started off a little slow for me but the story and her writting more than made up for that in the end. Great story. Again she made me cry which I don't often do while reading
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Mar 27, 2018
Kay J
marked it as to-read
Oct 05, 2018
Sharla
marked it as to-read
Jan 02, 2019
Claire
marked it as to-read
