A review by hurricanejoe
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman

2.0

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube is a weird book, or at least not what I was expecting. Maybe I was hoping for more of an authentic adventure of someone facing hardships in the outdoors, but I never got that feeling. Blair Braverman is rarely ever facing any hardships other than the cold. While we nibble on small portions of her dog sledding, we're mostly force-fed a memoir that fluctuates over various timelines that is at times like watching Northern Exposure on television or Blair surrounding herself with some of the the most unlikable characters a person could come across. Most of the men in this book are sad and broken, which makes her story more depressing than adventurous.

I really had high-hopes for this book, but felt pretty let-down in the end. There's nothing really interesting or redeeming about her story, except maybe her romantic relationship with Quince, a transgender male who is pretty much the only emotionally available person that she forms a connection with.