Name: The Wolves of Winter
Rating: 3.466666666666667 (15 reviews)
ISBN: 9780008210151

Tyrell Johnson

‘A cracking futuristic adventure, told with pace and panache and packed with vivid, shiver-inducing description’ Daily Mail ‘Read this in one sitting. DEEPLY satisfying.’ Lucy Mangan

The Wolves of Winter

A captivating tale of humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, of family and bonds of love forged when everything is lost, and of a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen landscape to find her destiny. This debut novel is written in a post-apocalyptic tradition that spans The Hunger Games and Station Eleven but blazes its own distinctive path. Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn’t help you survive in the endless white wilderness beyond the edges of a fallen world. Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As the memories of her old life continue to haunt, she’s forced to forge ahead in the snow-drifted Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap and slaughter. Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community—most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who brings with him dark secrets of the past and sets in motion a chain of events that will call Lynn to a role she never imagined. Simultaneously a heartbreakingly sympathetic portrait of a young woman searching for the answer to who she is meant to be and a frightening vision of a merciless new world in which desperation rules, The Wolves of Winter is enveloping, propulsive, and poignant.

A Novel

Sonja H

Über dieses Buch bin ich zufällig gestolpert und da ich Dystopien mag, entschied ich mich zum Kauf.

Falsche Entscheidung.

In dieser Geschichte passiert zu 80% der Zeit nichts. Wir lernen die Protagonistin kennen, erfahren eine Menge über ihre Jagdkenntnisse und wie tough sie werden musste, um in der Zeit nach der Katastrophe überleben zu können. Wir begegnen dem Rest ihrer Familie und irgendwann kommt der Fremde in ihre Mitte, der offensichtlich verfolgt wird.

Hier hätte die Story gut werden können, doch wieder stockt der Spannungsbogen. Nun laufen drei Protagonisten einem Antagonisten hinterher, es kommt zu einer kurzen, seltsamen Begegnung, die mehr über die Hintergründe der Situation aufklärt, die Protagonisten schaffen es, zurückzukehren, es gibt aufklärende Gespräche und schließlich einen actionreichen Showdown.

Die Idee für diese Dystopie mag gut sein, wenn auch nicht sehr originell, aber der Aufbau der Erzählung ist dem Autor nicht gelungen. Es fehlt an Spannung, es fehlt an Emotionen und es fehlt an echten Charakteren. Hier sind die Guten die Guten und die Bösen die Bösen, ihre Handlungen sind vorhersehbar, ihr Innenleben bleibt meist im Dunkeln und die weibliche Protagonistin ist nur ein entfernter Abklatsch von Katniss aus „Die Tribute von Panem“. Ich glaube, der Autor weiß nicht viel über das andere Geschlecht…

Nicht empfehlenswert.

Southern Today Gone Tomorrow

The Wolves of Winter, by Tyrell Johnson, follows Gwendolynn and her family after the world has ended.

They live up in Alaska, somewhere, and it has been winter there for the last 6 years.

This novel was interesting, but not to my taste. It was dark and depressing, and while it did point out that there is good in the world, no matter what you are going through,

But this just reminded me far too much of the road. Of the families that would stick together. Of the kind of world they had to live in.

Of how some people had to survive.

If you enjoyed the road, and enjoy survival and post apocalyptic books, you will probably like this book.

Manon van Heumen

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, I didn't expect it to be so good!

Jeremy Cote

Note: I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley.

I found this book to be quite enjoyable. I don't read YA fiction as much anymore, but Lynn was an enjoyable character to read about. The story was small and contained, but there were hints at a larger world that will come into play during the later books. I do think that the comparisons to books like the Hunger Games is a tiny bit over the top, but I still found the book to be easy to read. I'm rating three stars not because it was bad, but simply because I feel like there was a little bit of extra action missing in the book. I do think it makes for a fine read, though.

Jordan

taryn

Station Eleven meets The Hunger Games in this ruthless, captivating story of a young woman’s survival in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon after the rest of the world has collapsed. As the old world dies, we all must choose to become predators. Or become prey. The old world has been ravaged by war and disease, and as far as Lynn McBride is concerned, her family could be the last one left on earth. For seven years, the McBrides have eked out a meagre existence in the still, white wilderness of the Yukon. But this is not living. This is survival on the brink. Into this fragile community walk new threats, including the enigmatic fugitive, Jax, who holds secrets about the past and, possibly, keys to a better future. And then there’s Immunity, the pre‑war organization that was supposed to save humankind from the flu. They’re still out there, enforcing order and conducting experiments—but is their work for the good of humankind or is something much more sinister at play? In the face of almost certain extinction, Lynn and her family must learn to hunt as a pack or die alone in the cold. Breakout debut novelist Tyrell Johnson weaves a captivating tale of humanity stretched far beyond its breaking point, of family and the bonds of love forged when everything else is lost. Reminiscent of Station Eleven and The Hunger Games, this is a classic and enthralling post‑apocalyptic adventure and a celebration of the human spirit.

Kelly Gorman

Chantale

A post-apocalyptic debut novel in a tradition that includes The Hunger Games and Station Eleven, this vision of a possible future shows humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, the forging of vital bonds when everything is lost, and, most centrally, a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen landscape to find her destiny. Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As the memories of her old life continue to surface, she’s forced to forge ahead in the snow-drifted Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap and slaughter. Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn’t help you survive in the endless white wilderness beyond the edges of a fallen world. Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community—most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who brings with him dark secrets of the past and sets in motion a chain of events that will call Lynn to a role she never imagined. “With elements of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and TV’s The Walking Dead, (Kirkus Reviews) The Wolves of Winter is both a heartbreaking, sympathetic portrait of a young woman searching for the answer to who she's meant to be and a frightening vision of a merciless new world in which desperation rules. It is enthralling, propulsive, and poignant.

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