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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
423 reviews for:
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Blair Braverman
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
I didn’t really know what I was getting into, only that a friend recommended it and that I’d come across the author’s tweets about dogsledding by chance. How I wish there was more about the dogs and racing! The afterword was so exciting! Much of this story was about Blair’s journey as a human searching for her true home and as a woman trying to feel safe in her own space.
I could have used some trigger warnings for this because goddamn, TW: sexual abuse! I think it’s important to share these stories and how each of us overcomes abuse in our own ways. I was torn apart reading what she went through, because I wished I had been there to tell her “no, this is not okay! You stay far far away from there! I will protect you!” But she made an important point: no one will always be there to save you. You have to protect yourself. And that is so true. You have to have your own back and be confident in your instincts.
I was glad there was a happy ending for this story and Blair got a lovely supportive significant other! Quince is great! I highlighted the whole description of him when I read it because it was so wholesome.
Overall, this wasn’t my usual read but I’m not mad I read it. -2 stars for not enough dogs, too many bad humans.
I could have used some trigger warnings for this because goddamn, TW: sexual abuse! I think it’s important to share these stories and how each of us overcomes abuse in our own ways. I was torn apart reading what she went through, because I wished I had been there to tell her “no, this is not okay! You stay far far away from there! I will protect you!” But she made an important point: no one will always be there to save you. You have to protect yourself. And that is so true. You have to have your own back and be confident in your instincts.
I was glad there was a happy ending for this story and Blair got a lovely supportive significant other! Quince is great! I highlighted the whole description of him when I read it because it was so wholesome.
Overall, this wasn’t my usual read but I’m not mad I read it. -2 stars for not enough dogs, too many bad humans.
I have always been intrigues by dog sledding and I suppose that’s how I came to follow Blair on Twitter some time ago. I had no clue at the time that she had written a memoir of what draws her to the North. I found this book very interesting and even though provoking. My expectations were skewed though as I wanted more information about the dogs. I will just have to keep following her on Twitter for that!