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nixieknox's review against another edition
3.0
Great character development. Also she did a nice job of setting up the environment, the different groups of people who were there - this read like nonfiction in that regard.
megatsunami's review against another edition
4.0
Beautifully told story of three different women who come to Antarctica for various reasons... and what they find there. Some of the plot elements would have felt cliched in the hands of a different writer, but instead they felt new and original because of the way they were narrated and the way the characters unfolded. I loved the way people in this novel inspire and challenge each other, not only through romantic passion but through other kinds of human connection as well. The final scenes were a little bit too neatly wrapped up (though I admit it satisfied my secret desire for a tidy ending to life!) but the characters' changes felt genuine and meaningful.
crazycardigan's review against another edition
4.0
I really didn't think I was going to like this book. I am participating in a global reading challenge and I'm suppossed to read two novels from each continent. Not surprisingly it's kind of slim pickingss from Antarctica. But I actually really enjoyed this book. It was really interesting to get a glimpse into what living in a research station at the South Pole was like. I thought the characters were well developed and intersting.
The ending wrapped up a little bit too neatly for me, but otherwise it was a great read.
The ending wrapped up a little bit too neatly for me, but otherwise it was a great read.
sweetpeppah's review against another edition
3.0
a fun little romp.. a little too much tell and not enough show, but i loved the characters and the drama and fairy-tale-ness of it, and i loved the awe for the landscape, the music, and the science.
liralen's review against another edition
3.0
Truly, though, what I learned from this is that Canada in winter can be markedly colder than Antarctica in summer—surely there must be some kind of position at McMurdo for which I'd qualify? I'd be no good as a line cook (current omelette quality: edible but rather blackened), but I could always mop floors or something. It would sound much cooler to mop floors in Antarctica than, well, just about anywhere else.
yoominbean's review against another edition
4.0
Beautifully written. It's one of those books, though, that dangles promises of queerness without ever really delivering.
mikolee's review
3.0
A story focused on a group of scientists, artists and workers at the South Pole. Love in the Antarctic and folks finding their true selves. Poetic tale of finding warmth in the cold.
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