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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Blair Braverman
3.89 AVERAGE
421 reviews for:
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Blair Braverman
3.89 AVERAGE
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This was a really interesting memoir! I loved learning about Norway and cold weather camping/surviving. It was crazy to see how many times Braverman traveled back and forth from America to Norway and you could really feel her adoration for dogsledding/Norway itself. It was also tragic to hear how many times she was assaulted, but it was interesting to see how she dealt with her relationship with her body through the cold and Norway as a whole. Arild was a wonderful man, apparently the only cool guy in Norway, but I definitely was worried he would turn out bad too, initially. The second half of the book, with Helge Jensen and other components, confused me and left me ready for it to be over. However, overall, I found it to be a really interesting read. Considering I don't have much to say about the book, though, I'm only rating it 3 stars. Still, I recommend it! I read it slower than I usually would because it was for a book club.
This was a really interesting memoir! I loved learning about Norway and cold weather camping/surviving. It was crazy to see how many times Braverman traveled back and forth from America to Norway and you could really feel her adoration for dogsledding/Norway itself. It was also tragic to hear how many times she was assaulted, but it was interesting to see how she dealt with her relationship with her body through the cold and Norway as a whole. Arild was a wonderful man, apparently the only cool guy in Norway, but I definitely was worried he would turn out bad too, initially. The second half of the book, with Helge Jensen and other components, confused me and left me ready for it to be over. However, overall, I found it to be a really interesting read. Considering I don't have much to say about the book, though, I'm only rating it 3 stars. Still, I recommend it! I read it slower than I usually would because it was for a book club.
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I loved the dogs and wished they were in there more. Some of the people were pretty great too.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape
Beautiful, poetic prose. Complex characters that Braverman really brings to life. She picks just the right details that say so much. I literally laughed and cried. I didn't want this to be over. Braverman paints such a strong picture of these chilly worlds, I hsd to bundle up while reading.
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This is a beautifully written, compelling book which I really enjoyed, but it isn't about dogsledding in any real way; much more meaningfully a story about Braverman's coming to understand her experiences of trauma and how the north, her pull there, and the identity she forges in Norway come together.