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Dark matter by michelle paver5/9/2023 As a character, Jack starts out cold and bitter. We get to delve deep into Jack’s mindset as he struggles to deal with his increasingly doomed situation. While I’m generally ambivalent about the epistolary format in books, here it works. The slow buildup of shortening winter days leading to the loss of the sun made for a claustrophobic, oppressive tone. I was immediately transported into the story from the vivid descriptions of the grime of London to the peace of Gruhuken. They need to kill that great Arctic totem to give them some sense of control over the wilderness – even if that is only an illusion.”Ītmospheric and tense, Dark Matter is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s night. It isn’t for the pelt or the meat or the sport – or not only those things. “And yet I think I now understand the impulse which drives men to shoot bears. As polar night approaches, they face endless nights with something else out there. Their destination is Gruhuken, an isolated bay in Svalbard surrounded by water and ice.Īs Jack and the team settle into the expedition, his relationship with his teammates improve. The other men in this team are educated, well-to-do and could not be more different from Jack. When he hears about a research expedition to the Arctic, he applies for a position as a wireless operator. Jack is a poor, depressed man who hates his work in London and longs for a way out. Set in the 1930s, the story is told through the journal of the main character, Jack Miller.
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