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Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

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challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

Check TWs this was a harrowing book. Loved the empathy and thoughtfulness that the author employed when discussing the Donner party and the central theme of hope and perseverance.
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dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

while the author sometimes derails into speculative sentimentality, there is so much heart to this book. it presents the story and implications of the story of the donner party in an accessible but stimulating way. something Brown tends to do successfully is contextualize the events he is recording, and he does a wonderful job here. i left the book wishing i knew more about sarah, and will likely do more research on the westward expansion just due to this incredible book.
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5.0

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dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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manderz219's review against another edition

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dark informative tense slow-paced

2.0

I think this was an extremely researched book but it just wasn’t for me. The audiobook felt like I was listening to a news report for 11 hours (though I did listen for 11 hours!). A VERY detailed news report please check trigger warnings.

I liked the idea of following one person through the journey to make you remember humanity, though she was used more periodically than I thought. I can’t really get past the fact that cannibalism was excused more than racism in this book. If you’re putting a reflective lens on it, you should be able to do both.
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