This book sent me down such a Donner Party spiral that I nearly didn’t come back out the other side. Why am I so obsessed with this story? With the Oregon/California Trail, westward expansion in general? Idk guys but I am. And this book was the bleak, messed up tale I was hoping for. The family dynamics are there, survival woes, forbidden love stories, and even a little magical realism. Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect as the reviews are a bit mixed, but I really don’t know what more you can ask of your cannibalistic, murdery days of yore road trip
