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The Loop
by

Nicholas Evans

Book2Dragon's review

Oct 12, 2024

it was amazing

bookshelves: animals, fiction, nature, owned, political-civil, favorites, historical-fiction, tragedy, suspense

May be my favorite fiction book of the year. Five stars plus.

Nicholas Evans is the author also of The Horse Whisperer, a wildly popular novel and film. I read his other book The Smoke Jumper and was more or less lukewarm on it in comparison. However, this book was masterfully written on a difficult subject, well balanced, well researched, with suspense and romance thrown in.

I was on the edge of my seat for most of the book, in particular the second half. I even shouted out loud at some of the events, held my breath on others. I love books with well-developed characters that I can fall in love with/or hate; yet, even there Nicholas manages to show both sides of that personality. I truly felt the characters were as real as if I had just returned from visiting them.

When wolves were re-released to Yellowstone, ranchers of Montana were up in arms. The government had the final say however. Yet much rode on the implications of this action in ranching communities.

Highly recommend this book. Sadly I found that Mr. Evans did of a heart attack suddenly at age 72. I am so sad that there will not be more books like this coming from his talented hand.

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“Cesaron los estertores y sacudidas del viejo alce. La luna, que ascend铆a por el firmamento, se reflej贸 en sus ojos, negros y sin vida. S贸lo entonces solt贸 a su presa el macho dominante. Sentado en sus cuartos traseros, apunt贸 al cielo con su hocico empapado de sangre y aull贸. Todos los miembros de su familia levantaron la cabeza y le imitaron, tanto los protagonistas de la caza como sus espectadores. La muerte hab铆a ocupado el lugar de la vida; y as铆, a trav茅s de la muerte, la vida ve铆a garantizada su continuidad. En aquel todo sangriento, vivos y muertos quedaban unidos por un ciclo tan antiguo e inmutable como la luna que describ铆a su 贸rbita por encima de sus cabezas.”
― Nicholas Evans, The Loop

tags: animales, naturaleza, reflexionador

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“Just as they had followed the buffalo across the plains, wolves now followed it, in a few short years, to the brink of extinction.”
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“Where once there had been life, now was death. And out of death, thus, was life sustained. And in that bloody compact, both the living and the dead were joined in a loop as ancient and immutable as the moon that arced above them.”
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“She had given all and still been found wanting.”
― Nicholas Evans, The Loop

tags: relationships, self-esteem, self-imge

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“It was a cool, cloudless night with all but the brightest stars doused by a full moon, around which there hung a ring of umbral haze. Later, Helen heard such a ring was considered by some to be an omen of disaster.”
― Nicholas Evans, The Loop

tags: foreshadowing, moon, omen, ring-around-the-moon

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