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Bezig met laden... The Wolf Road: A Novel (editie 2016)door Beth Lewis (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis is a dystopian coming-of-age story that has elements of both horror and mystery. Elka has considered the Trapper as her father since he found her in the woods when she was seven and has looked after her ever since. When she learns from the righteous, cold-eyed magistrate, Jennifer Lyons, that he is in fact, a monster, a serial killer, who has been training her to follow in his footsteps she leaves and heads north to see if she can find her original family. While part of me enjoyed this caricature of the Old West, there was another part of me that found the characters a little too cartoon like, the language a little too stilted and the story while full of action and adventure pretty unbelievable. While Elka travels through the ravaged north country, the Trapper is barely one step behind her is he tracking her to save her or to kill her? I was intrigued by the setting as it obviously was British Columbia and parts of the Yukon, but unfortunately this easy to read story although dark and raw just wasn’t quite as original as I would have hoped. CW: Whilst the book hasn’t made it on to my favourites shelf, Elka has made it to my favourite female characters list *hurriedly creates new tag*. I loved her uniquely rough yet vulnerable voice. The western post-apocalyptic setting wasn’t overly described but this was probably good, as anything that could have potentially detracted us from the hunter/hunted storyline would have ruined the book in my opinion. Whilst there were no massively nail biting scenes, the underlying tension that was present throughout the whole novel left me feeling a bit wrung out by the end. There was no big revelation for us as there was enough foreshadowing for Readers to expect what was coming. All that was left for us was to sit on the edge of our seats waiting to see how Elka would respond to these horrific truths. If you loved Elka as a character then I would suggest reading The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell. I loved Temple so much and Elka reminds me a lot of her. This book took me completely by surprise. I felt for Elka as. she learned about the man that had raised her for ten years. I found myself yelling at her every time she got herself in trouble, and cheering her on as she escapes danger. I was also moved to tears as Elka's memories resurface and she realizes her part in the murders. This was a fantastic thriller with lots of of twists and turns. This is definitely one of my favorite reads this year. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Taught to hunt, shoot, and survive in the remote wilds of a ravaged land by the man who adopted her after finding her wandering in the woods as a young child, Elka reflects on the catastrophic events that destroyed civilization more than a century earlier before gradually realizing that her father may be a serial killer. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Nana doesn’t come home from town one night. Elka is found and “adopted” by a man who is a criminal. What choices does Elka have and what chance does she have to do the right thing, if the right thing is anything but merely surviving.
A terrifying story about survival and friendship. ( )