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A review by kellymy
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
It’s not always easy to make non-fiction enjoyable. This was well written, had a good pace, and I enjoyed the narrator. Good mix of factual retelling from survivor accounts and creative setting the scene with descriptive original content.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail