Terry Hokenson
Autor(a) de The Winter Road
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- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 38
- Popularidade
- #383,442
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 4
Willa, upon finding her uncle passed out drunk, decides to take his plane to fulfil the duties he has rendered himself incapable of doing, and subsequently crash lands in deep in the Canadian wilderness, potentially hundreds of miles from the nearest hovel of human habitation. What follows is a YA survivalist that brought back a truckload of childhood memories.
One of the earliest book-without-pictures I remember reading in elementary school is Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. I don't remember much of it now, though I remember being totally enraptured by it for several weeks somewhere between the age of 7 and 9. I would be terrified of reading it now, as an adult, for fear of marring my memory of it, which is why this was so perfect. The Winter Road was similar enough to incite that sense of nostalgia, and for that I am very glad I stumbled upon it!
The book itself is enjoyable enough. As previously stated, the first 2 chapters should have been revised a bit, and the chapter titles spoil everything that's about to happen, which is incredibly annoying. Beyond that, I think the author sufficiently captured that feeling of desolation and hopelessness that makes for a good survival story.… (mais)