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3.76 AVERAGE


Randomly picked this up, and it was incredibly repetitive. The last half hour was suspenseful, though.

**audiobook

I was privileged to get a copy of this gripping survival novel by Kate Alice Marshall from Penguin's First to read. Although many will compare this novel to other classic survival novels, I feel as though it would be a disservice to this novel to be lumped in with others as it has distinctly different characteristics. The Protagonist is a young woman struggling with real world issues, death of a parent, reconnecting with an estranged one and new surroundings. That on it's own would make a great novel, but there is so much more to this novel. Could not put it down. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

SPOILERS

I love that this book keeps it real - things are not easy for the main character trying to survive having very little to no knowledge of survival. But the ending - I balled. Maybe because we just lost a dog in the last 2 weeks but why the dog? That is the worst - just let the dog live. But it kept it honest and he died a hero.
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

acedoz's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

the dog dies
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

I love both a good survival story. This was a great one.