Midwest Book Mom Presents: The Great Alone Book Review
Book Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Kristin Hannah’s novel, The Great Alone, needs a bright red warning sticker slap to the front informing all readers to be prepared for an emotional roller coaster.
I had the opportunity to listen to The Great Alone on Audible narrated by the talented Julia Whelan. Listening to this novel, I understand why The Great Alone won 2018 Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction. It’s captivating, emotional, daunting, and you’re connected to main character, Leni, throughout the entirety of the book
Synopsis
“A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds.”
The readers are introduced to Lenora “Leni” Allbright, a thirteen-year-old who comes home from school and discovers her father, Ernt, a former P.O.W. from the Vietnam war, wants to move the family to wilderness of Alaska because it will “solve all their problems”. Talk about red flags everywhere. Ernt hasn’t been the same since coming home from the war. He’s unable to hold down a job causing hardship on the family. Readers learn about the arguments, loud banging noises, and pacing upset Ernt blaming the government for everything. Leni’s mother Cora would move mountains and earth for Ernt to find happiness again, agreeing the move to Alaska could help Ernt. Little does Cora and Leni know, they will not only face the dangerous wilderness of Alaska, but the dangers brewing from inside their own cabin.
Character Development & Plot Review
“Love and fear. The most destructive forces on earth. Fear had turned her inside out, love had made her stupid.”
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