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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

Start date: April 1, 2024

Finish date: April 30, 2024

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Mar 06, 2018 Ren rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, fiction, library-book

A lot of this is pretty realistic. Pretty good story overall. I was drawn to this because of the Alaskan setting. People are still running to Alaska hoping for a fresh start and many have no idea what to expect - many don't make it much past their first winter. Alcoholism and domestic abuse are still huge problems in both the small villages and the cities. ...more

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Jul 02, 2019 Meera rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction

The first half of this book felt like a slow paced psychological thriller where you knew the ticking time bomb that was Ernst could blow up any second. The second half was good but I also felt too emotionally manipulated. I enjoyed it while I was in amidst of it but in hindsight, might have been too much. Like Where the Crawdads Sing, I liked how the Alaska setting was a character in itself. ...more

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