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The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson

crasscasualty's review against another edition

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3.0

Fast, entertaining read. Good for a Sunday morning.

baileymccarter's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

pixieliscous's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

rebeccatc's review against another edition

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3.0

I've read a lot of books in this post-apocalyptic genre. This one was very well written, but not particularly unique. I used it for the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge Prompt: A Book Set in a Country Beginning with a "C" since it largely takes place in Canada.

book_ish_bitch's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

graceful_nate's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Its a good easy read. 
You can tell that the main character (female) is written by a man in a few places but over all its not an entirely unbelievable depiction of a person in that situation (though the situation is not super realistic, nuclear winter and all that). There are bits that made me laugh, bits that where tense, uncomfortable and bits that were emotional. I liked this book, but i dont really have strong feelings about it, i am not better or worse of for having read it. I have read worse books in my life. Its not a bad book considering its the authors first novel, and the reviews on and inside the cover, though all positive, are accurate more or less. 

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sonham's review against another edition

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2.0

Über dieses Buch bin ich zufällig gestolpert und da ich Dystopien mag, entschied ich mich zum Kauf.

Falsche Entscheidung.

In dieser Geschichte passiert zu 80% der Zeit nichts. Wir lernen die Protagonistin kennen, erfahren eine Menge über ihre Jagdkenntnisse und wie tough sie werden musste, um in der Zeit nach der Katastrophe überleben zu können. Wir begegnen dem Rest ihrer Familie und irgendwann kommt der Fremde in ihre Mitte, der offensichtlich verfolgt wird.

Hier hätte die Story gut werden können, doch wieder stockt der Spannungsbogen. Nun laufen drei Protagonisten einem Antagonisten hinterher, es kommt zu einer kurzen, seltsamen Begegnung, die mehr über die Hintergründe der Situation aufklärt, die Protagonisten schaffen es, zurückzukehren, es gibt aufklärende Gespräche und schließlich einen actionreichen Showdown.

Die Idee für diese Dystopie mag gut sein, wenn auch nicht sehr originell, aber der Aufbau der Erzählung ist dem Autor nicht gelungen. Es fehlt an Spannung, es fehlt an Emotionen und es fehlt an echten Charakteren. Hier sind die Guten die Guten und die Bösen die Bösen, ihre Handlungen sind vorhersehbar, ihr Innenleben bleibt meist im Dunkeln und die weibliche Protagonistin ist nur ein entfernter Abklatsch von Katniss aus „Die Tribute von Panem“. Ich glaube, der Autor weiß nicht viel über das andere Geschlecht…

Nicht empfehlenswert.

hallan07's review against another edition

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3.0

I almost liked this book a lot. I like the premise and for the most part the story telling especially the picture of the environment painted by the writer. Problem with this book for me is the main character "Lynn". I find her really unlikable and annoying. Too much bragging about how amazing she is but in actuality she is only out for herself. Feels too much like a man's version of a woman.

clarrro's review against another edition

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3.0

Immunity. Feisty little red headed girl/woman. Snow. Snow. Snow. Post-apocalypse.

womanon's review against another edition

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4.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, I didn't expect it to be so good!