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Alma katsu the hunger5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While one could argue that the facts are already horrific enough, the author takes the suffering, terror, and dread even further still in this Oregon Trail story from hell that makes dysentery seem like a cakewalk. Many of the party died, and some of the survivors allegedly resorted to cannibalism to stay alive.Īlma Katsu’s re-imagining of this journey-while staying true to many of the real-life people, places, and events-also plays to the mystery surrounding the terrible fate of the Donner Party, injecting a speculative element in the form of supernatural horror. Instead of following the typical route, however, the Donner Party opted to travel the new Hastings Cutoff, encountering poor terrain and other difficulties that slowed them down considerably, until they became trapped in heavy snowfall somewhere in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For context, in the May of 1846 a wagon train led by George Donner and James Reed set out from Independence, Missouri like so many other pioneer families hoping to settle a new life in California. The tragedy of the Donner Party is retold with a supernatural twist in The Hunger, a dark mix of historical fiction and horror. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher. ![]()
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