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A review by maeclair
The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
5.0
This is one of those books that stays with you long after you read it. Wolf Truly goes to the mountain on his eighteenth birthday intending to take his life. Instead he ends up in the company of three women, all of them becoming lost in the wilderness.
What follows is a gripping story of survival interlaced with glimpses of the lives of all four characters. Wolf’s personal story is told in sections that take us from his childhood to the “now” moments of the book, allowing us to understand what brought him to the mountain in a suicidal frame of mind. I enjoyed the way the author wove the two stories together, and was especially fond of Wolf’s close friendship with his friend Byrd.
These characters grow on you. At the beginning, there is no emotional connection to the women, (the book is told from Wolf’s point-of-view throughout), but by the end, I felt like I knew each of them personally. Like Wolf, I grew to understand them through their ordeal on the mountain, and became attached to each.
The ending was superb, and took me by surprise. Bravo to the author. I haven’t read a five-star book in a while, but if I could give this one more than 5 stars I would. I highly recommend The Mountain Story for a riveting and engaging read.
What follows is a gripping story of survival interlaced with glimpses of the lives of all four characters. Wolf’s personal story is told in sections that take us from his childhood to the “now” moments of the book, allowing us to understand what brought him to the mountain in a suicidal frame of mind. I enjoyed the way the author wove the two stories together, and was especially fond of Wolf’s close friendship with his friend Byrd.
These characters grow on you. At the beginning, there is no emotional connection to the women, (the book is told from Wolf’s point-of-view throughout), but by the end, I felt like I knew each of them personally. Like Wolf, I grew to understand them through their ordeal on the mountain, and became attached to each.
The ending was superb, and took me by surprise. Bravo to the author. I haven’t read a five-star book in a while, but if I could give this one more than 5 stars I would. I highly recommend The Mountain Story for a riveting and engaging read.