What is a "serial story"? It's a story that has been broken down into different sections. This was written as a sort of online journal. The reader is supposed to read a different entry each day. The story is about a group of bushwhackers who get lost in the northwestern United States wilderness. They are forced to survive through bad weather, sickness, injury, loss, death etc. At the end of the entries there was some online discussion included that was directed at the authors of the entries.
Oh goodness... the review:
You never actually find out if the story is true. I don't think it really matters. I like survival stories, but was not interested in reading this in segments. The story, if you look at it as a story, is an interesting read. It was really hard for me to tell the gender of the narrator at the beginning. I had a hard time separating which person belonged to which name. The writing was supposed to be written like a journal, but it ended up reading like a novel. I feel like the whole concept of this serial story defeated itself by not being what the writer wanted it to be. All in all, I would say that this was confusing to read and it would be much better as a novel. I appreciate the idea and the creativity that goes with it, but I just don't think it worked. If you are interested in reading a survival story, give it a go. I won't recommend it, but I will talk about it. It's not a go-out-and-read-it-immediately story. It's a if-you-really-have-nothing-better-to-do-with-your-time type story.
Oh goodness... the review:
You never actually find out if the story is true. I don't think it really matters. I like survival stories, but was not interested in reading this in segments. The story, if you look at it as a story, is an interesting read. It was really hard for me to tell the gender of the narrator at the beginning. I had a hard time separating which person belonged to which name. The writing was supposed to be written like a journal, but it ended up reading like a novel. I feel like the whole concept of this serial story defeated itself by not being what the writer wanted it to be. All in all, I would say that this was confusing to read and it would be much better as a novel. I appreciate the idea and the creativity that goes with it, but I just don't think it worked. If you are interested in reading a survival story, give it a go. I won't recommend it, but I will talk about it. It's not a go-out-and-read-it-immediately story. It's a if-you-really-have-nothing-better-to-do-with-your-time type story.
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