Masterpiece? NoBad Book? NoUnlikeable characters and a generally depressing 'atmosphere' does not equal bad writting. But the story felt inconsistent; there were times it was engaging, sometimes I could not care about anyone. This eventually got annoying.Well written and interesting, but personal...
Quite a devastating book with its confusing literary structure, the void it leaves once you've read the last line, but most of all, the depth of Vann's understanding when wrenching out the dark yet somehow starkly relatable aspects of each character.It shows a little too much of myself but I lear...
Some fantastically descriptive writing around the wild and bleak Alaskan wilderness - in fact, this was my favourite thing about the book. I struggled at times with the intensity of the complex relationships, and at times found it lurched a bit clumsily from one story to another. Shocking twist w...