eobehrens 's review for:

Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

4.0

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All the Oregon Trail game vibes, but with the complexity of adult emotions and circumstances. The onset of the journey feels familiar (Oregon Trail game-esque) with the typical dangers of the wagon trains heading west. Disease, fjording rivers, loosing oxen, people dying, different terrains/weather, trading posts, etc. But the added connection of souls, feeling out of place among different groups of people, friendliness and hostility between different groups of people, language barriers, and a war of emotions (grief, happiness, love, hate, fear, blankness) brings a sophistication to the story.