Wednesday 23 September 2020

Review of Winter of the Wolf by Martha Hunt Handler

 

This is a book of tragic mystery blending sleuthing and spirituality.

This is an exploration of emotions, grief, suicide, spiritualism and the Inuit Culture. This story starts by following Bean, the empathetic and spiritually evolved fifteen-year-old who is determined to unravel the mystery of her brother Sam's death. Though all evidence points to a suicide, her heart and intuition compel her to dig deeper. Bean has the help from her best friend Julie, they start to retrace Sam's steps and delve into his Inuit beliefs. This allows them to reconnect with the spiritual beliefs to help and uncover clues beyond material understanding. 

Both the tragic and heart-warming, twisting novel which draws you in to Bean's world as she struggles with the grief and navigating dramas at high school. She also learns to open her heart in order to learn how to see the true nature of the people who are around her. Winter of the Wolf is about seeking the truth, no matter how painful this gets for her, in order to see the full picture in front of her.

I found that this story went from 0 to 100 in a matter of pages, i found that this was a very differcult story for me to get into. I struggled with the story and at times i got lost in the story line and didnt know what was happening. Then you would get a couple of paragraphs which actually made sense and this is the stories saving grace. I dont know how i feel about it but i would recommend this to lovers of a good murder mystery. This is not one which will have a home on my bookshelf but will be loved by many others.