I enjoyed the dance references, but really enjoyed the Antarctica parts! It made me want to run off to Antarctica for six mThis is a really cute book.
I enjoyed the dance references, but really enjoyed the Antarctica parts! It made me want to run off to Antarctica for six months to just enjoy the cold and the silence.
Good characters - even the side characters - and a main character to root for.
I think that there will be comparisons to The Terror made here. And, yes, the setting and haunting atmosphere and that overall feeling of the horror oI think that there will be comparisons to The Terror made here. And, yes, the setting and haunting atmosphere and that overall feeling of the horror of isolation will be reminiscent of that masterpiece. However, this isn’t quite so epic or quite so riveting.
It *is* a good read. I loved Jonathan and thought the idea of having a trans character stuck in isolation with a group of aggressive men – especially in a historical period in which he would normally be completely ostracized – was brilliant. I just don’t think that some of it was handled realistically. The reason the author came up with for why Jonathan doesn’t pee where the other men do was…odd. (Yes, out of everything the bathroom problem really stuck with me, but it they were stuck together in tiny quarters in a frozen wasteland. You don’t get your private potty no matter what!)
The supernatural aspects of the book were great. This was definitely both eerie and heartbreaking! Once things finally started happening, I was completely riveted and didn’t want to stop reading.
This was a good read and I’d definitely read the author again!
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