stheroux 's review for:

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

5.0

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Amazingly intimate life story of our protagonist while also being a story applicable to anyone. I loved the conceit of a servant girl arriving in early colonized Canada without knowledge of the land and what to expect from it, i.e. seasonal changes, flora and fauna, indigenous communities. This is such a bleak and torturous tale of one woman against all elements but it was never not beautiful. I expected nothing less from Lauren Groff. Excellent.