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I really like how the book ties the characters to one another. Both with location and plot.

I do like how things are left open as others are slowly brought together.

I do like how connected Tova and Marcellus’s stories are becoming.

The chapters never focus on the same character back to back, but don’t seem to have a really consistent order. It’s interesting at times but also a little confusing.

I am becoming less of a fan of Cameron every chapter he is in. I did like the change up of a full chapter focused on a pre established character though.

The multiple side plots going on at the same time is a little distracting and I wish the octopus’s Point of view segments were longer, but so far so good

The introduction of new characters and scenarios are a little hard to follow, but the octopus being used as a measure of time passing is really creative.

The sentence structure is a little hard to follow sometimes, but I do love the point of view from the octopus. The mystery of the disappearance is an interesting inclusion and takes a while to actually be brought up and expressed.

I absolutely adore the continual character development and the different environments that create it. I love how it describes struggles of learning against instinct and the loyalty and love that allowed such lessons to be learned. I struggled earlier with the weight of the pain expressed in earlier chapters, I didn’t want to read any more; but my only struggle now is the weight of my eyelids. I can’t put it down!

It continued as rough as it had been. It genuinely made me cry how it described the fear, suspicion, and hatred expressed by a tortured and abused being when met with kindness for the first time. The genuine discussion for whether or not to kill the ferocious animal just because it knows nothing more than ferocity. I love how much development across multiple characters has been expressed in the last three chapters.

The hardest chapters to get through so far. I especially hated the last one. There was subtle racism, a character downfall from manipulation that felt as tragic as the betrayal he would commit. The consistent animal abuse in these chapters was unlike anything described before. The persistent loyalty only met with betrayal and consistent sadistic abuse again and again in this chapter is horrifically tragic.

The past two chapters had really good progression. I do love the pacing of this book, but two subject matters, although necessary, have made it a hard read so far. Personal matters aside, the physical and mental development, the situations and struggles that caused them, and the strategic and elegant expression of the passage of time in the past two chapters has been fantastic.

I really like how it describes the struggle of isolation and bullying as a catalyst for deception and sneakiness. It sounded a lot like “The Ranger’s Apprentice” for a few pages. I really love how visceral it described the longing for freedom in the woods and the reluctance to obey instead.

I love how everything the little wolf is learning about is described as if it is one living unknown, and he is learning about different parts of it and how to interact with the idea of things being unknown.

I really love how it describes how he’s learning about his environment. His explorations through a young lens is really well done.

I really like the way it describes how the little grey wolf is learning from his environment. It describes his train of thought and logic really well.

I thought the dynamic between the two wolves was described in a strange manner, but I think the way it’s been expressed as the beginning of the cubs was very well done. I love the tension that’s described in different events and encounters and I think the inclusion of them at all is well executed. I absolutely love the description of the one month old’s world around him. Rather, the lack there of, for now.

I really like how the book describes the different perspectives of the wolves. It’s fascinating how detailed their experiences influence their own curiosity and how the writing doesn’t over explain this.

I love how the story naturally whittles the group of wolves down to just a pair and uses their experiences that led them to wander together as a foundation for why they are together alone. I love how as they see and interact with new and confusing things, mainly left by man, that they have no understanding of, the writing establishes and expresses the confusion and foreignness of such devises in a beautiful manner.

I like how it’s describing the different points of view of the members of the pack.

Really neat progression of events and shift in point of view.

I used to watch the show when I was younger and it’s wild how different the book is from the show so far. I really wish the show started where the book did however. It displays such a bitter and striking scene and struggle. It’s mood is one that is never expressed in the show.

The description of the harsh environment and harsher elements that make it, make for a very good and constant sense of pressure and unease about their journey.

I love the introduction so far.