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A review by sweetteaandfiction
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Great Alone by @kristinhannahauthor painted a terrifyingly realistic story of growing up in a home where the background noise to your life is domestic violence and the word outside your door is just as harsh and unforgiving as the world inside.
For me, it was a very slow build to an ending that had me in tears cheering for the FMC and the love of her life.
PROS:
🧊The book did an amazing job of painting the beauty and harshness of the Alaskan wilderness in the 70’s.
🩵Large Marge is my all time favorite surrogate literary Auntie
🧊Found Family
🩵The Walkers
🧊The ending was *chef’s kiss*
CONS:
🩵The book does deal with DV. While this can be a heavy topic, I felt it was handled very well.
🧊Conspiracy theorist bs is so exhausting
🩵Old, close minded white men being the worst
🧊The whole building a fence thing made me irrationally angry
🩵I understand that I will never understand what it is like to have a parent or someone close to me with the sort of PTSD our FMC’s Dad has. However, I do think at times everyone was too quick to forgive his behavior because of the PTSD. The point where his behavior was too much came long before any intervention.
🪚🪚🪚 out of five ice fishing holes in the middle of a lake in the dead of winter for these Alaskan homesteaders
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For me, it was a very slow build to an ending that had me in tears cheering for the FMC and the love of her life.
PROS:
🧊The book did an amazing job of painting the beauty and harshness of the Alaskan wilderness in the 70’s.
🩵Large Marge is my all time favorite surrogate literary Auntie
🧊Found Family
🩵The Walkers
🧊The ending was *chef’s kiss*
CONS:
🩵The book does deal with DV. While this can be a heavy topic, I felt it was handled very well.
🧊Conspiracy theorist bs is so exhausting
🩵Old, close minded white men being the worst
🧊The whole building a fence thing made me irrationally angry
🩵I understand that I will never understand what it is like to have a parent or someone close to me with the sort of PTSD our FMC’s Dad has. However, I do think at times everyone was too quick to forgive his behavior because of the PTSD. The point where his behavior was too much came long before any intervention.
🪚🪚🪚 out of five ice fishing holes in the middle of a lake in the dead of winter for these Alaskan homesteaders
#bookstagram #books #book #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #readinglist #readinggoals #readingchallenge #hungryminds #readingrecommendation #readingrecommendation #bookreview #bookreviews #thegreatalone #kristinhannah #kristinhannahbooks #kristinhannahauthor
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Grief