Hi everyone! How are you? I hope you are doing very well, It’s 2022! Can you believe it? I sure can’t. I feel like this year has gone by so quickly, I didn’t even try to anticipate the new year because i didn’t know it would begin so soon! Today i will be reviewing a book that i recently re-read. The book’s name is I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall. But you probably already knew that judging by the title. This is a book that i had read a couple of years ago but didn’t actually enjoy. It was a little bland and a little one noted for me. As i sat on my bed trying to read it i thought to myself ”I can’t read this anymore! Where’s the murder?” So i reluctantly closed up the book and sheepishly put it back on my shelf. I felt kind of bad, i hardly ever stop finishing a book. I have to read it to the end no matter how much i dislike it. I had always regretted not finishing it, so a couple weeks ago when i didn’t have a book to read i decided to try this book out again. And boy was i surprised…. Haha, nice segue way right? Without further ado, please enjoy my review of Kate Alice Marshall’s I Am Still Alive. If you enjoy my review and want to red the book, I encourage every one of you to buy this book at your local bookstore if you can, but also remember that your public library’s can provide you with the book as well. Thank you, and have a great new year and enjoy!
Synopsis:
After: Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows that if she doesn’t act fast, the cold could kill her, before she has time to worry about food. But she is alive. For now.
Before: Jess hasn’t seen her survivalist, off the grid dad in over a decade. But after a car crash killed her mother and left her injured, she was forced to move to his cabin in the great Canadian wilderness. Just as Jess was beginning to know him, a secret from his past paid him a visit, leaving her father dead and her stranded.
After: With only her fathers dogs company, Jess must forage and hunt for food, build shelter and keep herself warm. Some days it feels like the wilderness is out to destroy her, but she’s stronger than she ever imagined. Jess will survive, she has to. She knows who killed her father. And she wants revenge.
Review: I Am Still Alive is a YA adventure thriller with a climatic ending and a heartwarming relationship at it’s core. This is the first book that have read by Kate Alice Marshall but it certainly won’t be my last. She is a beautiful expressive writer. The book is panned out in a Before and After panel which i always enjoy. Kate Alice Marshall writes in such a poignant decisive manner thats’s oddly refreshing to read. I was completely immersed in the book from start to end and gobbled it up in only a few days. I usually don’t enjoy adventure books, but this was different. There were some many different ideas in the book that it never felt like one pinned down genre. It’s funny because i actually disliked the book the first time that i read it. I might’ve been too young to fully absorb everything that was happening in the book but i don’t think it was that. I believe that when i was younger my taste in books was rather one toned. I only really liked books about murder, or teenagers suffering from dramatic experiences. Now that i’m older i have a broader and more refined taste for books so i can enjoy more of a variety of books. This book was definitely a 9.5 for me and i would suggest it to anyone who enjoys a immersive, thrilling book for all audiences. As i said before, i encourage you to pick this up at your local bookstore (preferably not Indigo) or your library ti support small businesses if you enjoy this review. Thank you for reading, i hope you have a happy, healthy joyous new year! See you soon!
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