The Great Alone question

Carol wrote: "Two of my recent favorite novels, The Great Alone, set in Alaska, and The Lost Man, set in Australia's Outback, use their setting as a major character. The place itelf has a tremendous effect on th..."

Try WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING. The setting is word-crafted beautifully. You feel like you are there in the low-country of South Carolina.

Love this book!!!!!!

I would suggest reading The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne, I have also read The Great Alone and LOVED it as well as Where the Crawdad's Sing and LOVED it as well. Both are fantastic books. The Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah is very good too. The Hearts Invisible Furies is a drama comedy and I laughed and laughed. The book is chalked full of excellent dry whit and sarcasm.

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan is historical (set in and around the Brooklyn Navy Yard during WWII), so I can't first-hand claim that its portrait of NYC is accurate, but the very air of the city and the waters of the harbor and the Atlantic Ocean are charged with secrets, threats, and danger. Loved this rich, complicated story of a father and his daughter.

Senlin Ascends. The setting is so powerful is changes all the characters. Plus the setting is very unique and creative.Senlin Ascends

Totally enjoyed this book. The character development was wonderful. And "yes" there were some stereotypes, and yet totally believable characters. Having made several trips to Alaska the remoteness of the setting is indeed very real - with its harshness and its beauty ,