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Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
4.0

I skipped book two, where apparently Brian is joined by some sort of documentary crew, and moved to book three. It turned out that a lot of people wanted the same, therefore #3 is an alternative continuation of #1. Good.

It's as visceral, physical, hungry as the first book. The only unfortunate thing is that the author seems to suddenly be taking his responsibilities seriously – in the first chapters I can almost see him leaning towards me, waving his finger, saying "and remember, kids – do not ignore those signs as Brian did, because here are the consequences!" This doesn't last, luckily, and the book continues to be hair-raisingly brilliant.

Off I go towards the fourth one.