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The Hunger

Alma Katsu

Start date: November 15, 2021

Finish date: December 1, 2021

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Jan 20, 2020 FlowerFairy rated it it was amazing

A very, very rare 5 star review. This is the book I will shoving at people and yelling, “Here! You must read this! NOW!” for a long time to come.

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Feb 11, 2020 Heather rated it it was amazing

A terrifying reimagining of the events that befell Donner party. Historical fiction/horror done right. I thoroughly enjoyed this tense, atmospheric novel. Knowing the history of the Donner party meant feeling in my bones the doom that stalked them, the inevitability of their fate, but in no way diminished the building tension or the fragile hope I held for certain characters. (I'm not great with names so I couldn't recall who actually lived and who died.) This is the first book by Alma Katsu I h ...more

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Nov 17, 2024 Ariel rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror, melsa-audio

Really really liked this one! It was gross, terrifying, made me very uncomfortable at points. an excellent alternate history romp into both monsters and the monsters that are humans.

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