The Great Alone by Kristin HannahMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I had not read Hannah's previous novel, The Nightingale, but it was such a huge hit at the library where I work. When this book was released, I only heard amazing things. I had received an ARC of it long ago from a conference but I had not gotten to reading it until now. I'm not normally someone who leans towards family dramas but this story drew me in from the beginning. Hannah's style of writing is so beautiful and she weaves the plot around this wonderful character development of her protagonist, Leni. This novel begins with 13 year old Leni and her family leaving Seattle for the great wilderness of Alaska. Her father, Ernt Allbright, was a POW in Vietnam and he yearned for the isolation that Alaska could bring. His friend in the war left him a plot of land in the small town of Conic in his will. The Allbrights learn the hard way how to survive in this dangerous and beautiful landscape. The novel follows Leni through the pivotal years of her late teens and early 20s. This book is a heart-breaking, thrilling, dramatic, heart-stopping epic while also giving us a love story that your own heart will ache for. I loved every second of this book. I was entranced in the storyline and I needed to know what happened to these characters. The ones I admired, hated and adored. This book would appeal to those who enjoy epic family dramas, readers of Celeste Ng and those who loved Tara Westover's memoir Educated. Highly highly recommended.
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