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skylacine's review
3.5
It's a solid (yet simple) book on the Endurance expedition, but not great. First of all, Samson is a pretty boring main character, he has no real arc to go through (especially when compared to Bummer or even side characters like Amundsen). I really feel his POV could've been cut with just a few alterations, or maybe he should've been a side character instead. This really feels like Bummer's story, not Bummer's and Samson's story, despite both being POV characters.
Second, the ending is way too uplifting and upbeat only for the afterword to reveal the cold hard reality to the reader: none of the dogs of this expedition survived in real life. Which is just delivered in a really curt way to the reader and especially for the younger audience can be rather upsetting.
Why would you even write a book about these dogs then in a series called SURVIVAL Tails, if none of these dogs really ended up surviving. If they really wanted to write about sled dogs surviving on Antarctica based on real events, they could've just written about Taro and Jiro instead? This just feels a bit iffy, not gonna lie.
Second, the ending is way too uplifting and upbeat only for the afterword to reveal the cold hard reality to the reader: none of the dogs of this expedition survived in real life. Which is just delivered in a really curt way to the reader and especially for the younger audience can be rather upsetting.
Why would you even write a book about these dogs then in a series called SURVIVAL Tails, if none of these dogs really ended up surviving. If they really wanted to write about sled dogs surviving on Antarctica based on real events, they could've just written about Taro and Jiro instead? This just feels a bit iffy, not gonna lie.
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2024/01/book-review-endurance-in-antarctica-by.html
toris_stories1's review
4.0
I loved how the author pays tribute to the dogs of the Endurance Expedition. It was a very exciting book to read and I was never bored with this story. The author did well with intertwining history with fiction but making it enjoyable. Really liked this book.
But for real...read this book and don't look up the true story like I did!!! The fate of the real dogs was just WAY too sad.
But for real...read this book and don't look up the true story like I did!!! The fate of the real dogs was just WAY too sad.
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