Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. They never see strangers, until Jax arrives, soon followed by even more strangers. It quickly turns into a reasonably well-written, undistinguished, YA-ish post-apocalyptic tale crossbred with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a development that doesn’t do it any favors. It is told from the point of view of 23 year old Lynn McBride who is living in an isolated settlement with her mother, brother, uncle and a few others. At times it felt a bit YA, the main character is in her twenties but I felt she came across as younger - think Katniss Everdeen with her bow Lots to like in this book, a ballsy female protagonist, isolation, post-apocalyptic shenanigans and loads of snow (for me, there's nowt like the atmosphere that a bit of snowy isolation brings). Johnson knows how to ratchet up the tension and create great atmospherics. The plot seemed fairly realistic, not hard to imagine this actually happening, unstable political climate followed by wars which are interrupted by a flu pandemic. Over time, it settles into your bones, your skin, so that you live with it, walk with it every day.
It's complicated.I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a review. [i suppose it’s not the most difficult thing to track an inexperienced traveler who isn’t trying to cover their tracks through a snowy terrain that basically broadcasts where they’re going even if you don’t happen to be a wolverine-type superhuman with a canine companion on the scent, but the world is such a big place that i always squirm a little when characters find each other against impossible odds, sacrificing realism just because it makes a nicer ending than the alternative. As Lynn and Jax get closer, they learn a little more about one another, including things that could jeopardise their safety.
The Wars turned America into a nuclear war zone and forced her family to flee to Alaska when she was still a child. The best thing about this story were the people. But it felt gratuitous, meaningless, and like it undermined the stories of real world assault and harassment survivors.
The big powes have nuked each other to near oblivion. ")This post apocalyptic fiction has a definite YA vibe but offers more than enough to keep a reader of any age entertained. It deserves the widest possible audience.Read this FULL review along with others on my blog at: Read this FULL review along with others on my blog at: This book falls into the post apocalyptic genre but is different in that it was so believable and real. There was a flu outbreak that decimates most of the population.
4.5/5 but let's not be picky - I'll call it 5.In brief - Simple really - just a plain damn good read. This is a fully self-contained novel, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want a sequel. Lynn is a 23 year-old who has seen much in her life. (See also: Stephen King's "The Stand," Emily St. John Mandel's "Station Eleven," and Jose Saramago's "Blindness. 4.5/5 but let's not be picky - I'll call it 5.“Grief never goes away. Set in the harsh, frozen wilderness of the Yukon, the author in his debut thriller manages to evoke the cold and isolation along with the desperation of the survivors. 2.5 stars. Dang, I loved this story and really hated to see it end.
The pacing was excellent and the writing was smooth and easy to follow. Lynn is an excellent character, the setting is very good indeed and the story is well told. The family in the story has moved into the Yukon to escape the cities and warmer weather, as the flu outbreak isn't as prevalent in the coldThis book falls into the post apocalyptic genre but is different in that it was so believable and real. Since the book is written in first person past tense it telegraphs that nothing fatal is going to happen to Lynn, and unfortunately her thoughts are mostly banal. Lynn, and her remaining family members escape to the Yukon, form a small settlement, hunting and fishing to survive.Tyrell Johnson’s The Wolves of Winter starts out as a reasonably well-written, if undistinguished, post-apocalyptic tale – a sort of YA-ish version of Cormac Mcarthy’s The Road (the “ish” owing to the fact that the protagonist, Lynn, is a handful of years older than the usual YA heroine). Lynne, her mother, brother and uncle then moved again to a remote region of the Yukon where they learned to fish and hunt to survive.
Many have tried to escape, but then came something with no escape, no cure, trying to finish off those who were left. Lynne, her mother, brother and uncle then moved again to a remote region of the Yukon where they learned to fish and hunt to survive. This was a gripping, easy to read, post-apocalyptic novel.
They are isolated not only because of the drastic drop in population, but also to steer clear of Immunity, a group dedicated to find and annihilate any remaining flu carriers, or use them as test subjects to inoculate the healthy.
As a biologist, he fears the worst....desperate, violent people and infection....and he's right.The story is very atmospheric, well-written and totally engaging throughout. This unbearable creature. Myths and mayhem, the fantastical and the scientifically plausible, these are readers’ most popular sci-fi and fantasy novels published in the ...Forget the old days.
I love a good post-apocalyptic story and I really enjoyed this one and it has a cool dog! The setting in the Yukon was gorgeous!
Wolves Of Winter. I feel like after reading this, I could turn on the news, and expect this as a possible outcome. The best thing about this story were the people. This was followed by a worldwide flu pandemic which killed most of those who survived the wars.