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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
5.0

this book blew me away. its brutal, unforgiving, at times absolutely stomach turning, also beautiful. lauren groff’s prose really did something for me here. i couldn’t stop reading and i don’t feel let down - i think a lot of people will find themselves turned off by this book’s bleakness and brutality (and yes, all the shitting i guess… which seems an appropriate specter to be haunting this novel, as dying of shitting yourself to death [dehydration] of unclean/uncooked/diseased food and water is both terribly easy and a real threat to her). i found it to be a cathartic and gripping novel that moved me deeply!