The Vaster Wilds

“A visceral adventure about a nameless girl escaping a disease riddled fort after a traumatic event, who learns to survive and essentially, rescue herself, in the wilderness. She discovers how to navigate a world succumbing to colonialism, eschewing all she knows though adaption, resilience, and her expansive mind...this book turns every trope of the "woman alone in the American Wilderness" on its head....a feminist fable about meaning, god, the body, and agency, beautifully written, you will fall into this world and despite all the graphic suffering, you won't want to leave.”

“What if the typical man against nature plot was woman with nature? “It is a moral failure to miss the profound beauty of the world.””

“Half our group loved this and half hated it. Both agreed that Groff somehow crafted bleakness and hopelessness in lush lyrical language.”

“I knew I shouldn’t have had hope at the end, but I did anyway 💔”