Barbara M. reviewed on 11/4/2023 + 147 more book reviews

It took me several months to read this book. I was in my 20s when the plane crash happened and remembered hearing about the rescue of the survivors and the fact that they resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. The writing in this book is decent. Early in the book, the author spent a lot of time on his background as well as the other folks on the plane. I became impatient that the author was spending so much time on this. I'm not convinced that it was relevant or added that much to the story--at least not the amount of time the author spent on it. So, I set the book aside for a few months. Once I got past that section, the story moved much more quickly.

I've read the reviews here on paperbackswap now that I've finished the book. Some of the readers had read "Alive" by Piers Paul Read prior to "Alive" and stated it was a better book. I haven't read that book but just requested it from a paperbackswap member. Will be interesting to see how it compares to this first-person narrative.

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