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Be Not Far from Me de Mindy McGinnis
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Be Not Far from Me (edició 2020)

de Mindy McGinnis (Autor)

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Hatchet meets Wild in this harrowing YA survival story about a teenage girl's attempt to endure the impossible, from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Female of the Species, Mindy McGinnis.

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof.

So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine.

Morning brings the realization that she's alone??and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest and with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive with the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.… (més)

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Títol:Be Not Far from Me
Autors:Mindy McGinnis (Autor)
Informació:Katherine Tegen Books (2020), 240 pages
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A group of Tenessee high school students go deep into the woods to party. Ashley is there with her friends and her boyfriend. When her boyfriend's ex shows up, she sees the spark between them. When she stumbles across them together, she runs off in a rage and pain shoeless, drunk, and not paying attention to her surroundings. She wakes in the morning alone, injured, and lost.
While she's got an impressive set of survival skills, she'll need to call on all of them as she tries to find her way back to civilization to get help.
Her learning came from a slightly older guy she idolized a bit and cared for, Davy Beet, but he went missing a few years before in the woods and it is thought he didn't survive.
Gruesome at times, Ashley keeps pushing through, alone with her thoughts, memories, and demons, as the book is broken into chapters by days in which she is trying to survive. ( )
  ewyatt | Aug 27, 2023 |
I am infatuated with stories of survival, and this did not disappoint! ( )
  anniesdreaming | Aug 7, 2023 |
Series Info/Source: This is a stand alone book. I borrowed this on audiobook from my library.

Thoughts: This was an amazing and intense survival story. I absolutely loved it and was completely glued to the audiobook. This book was so hard to stop listening to.

This book follows Ashley. Her and her friends go hiking into the Smoky Mountains for a night of partying. After some heavy drinking Ashley stumbles out of her tent to find her boyfriend messing around with another girl. Ashley runs off into the woods in a rage and falls into a ravine and severely injuring herself. Suddenly she finds herself in a life and death situation. Her friends assume she's gone home but she's wandering through the woods trying not to die. She will have to call on every survival skill she has and really push herself to try and make it through.

This was an intense and gory survival story. The book jumps between the strangely dull, yet intense situations Ashley is forced to survive in and Ashley's past, as her mind wanders back to things that have happened to her throughout her life. In particular there was an older boy who was a counselor at her summer camp who loved how dedicated she was to survival and he really helped her learn. She had a bit of a crush on him at the time but then he disappeared into the Smokies himself to never return.

There is a lot of brutal and gory description here that was necessary to convey what Ashley was going through. Just be aware that this book isn't for the faint of heart. I loved Ashley as a character. She had a tough childhood; her dad has always done the best he can but they struggled a lot financially. Ashley learned to make due and is a tough, determined character. Her determination is inspiring and her stubbornness to not let the stupid mistake she made rule her is admirable.

I listened to this on audiobook and the narration is very well done. The narrator captures Ashley's sardonic humor and toughness perfectly without making things sound overly dramatic. This was incredibly hard to stop listening to. You just have to know what is going to happen to Ashley! I went on vacation halfway through this and didn't have time to listen to it; I was dying to finish it when I got back!

My Summary (5/5): Overall this was a very well done survival story. I enjoyed how intense it was and how resourceful Ashley was. It's never overly dramatic but does get pretty gory at times. The format of having Ashley deal with survival issues in the present and then spend time revisiting her past was perfectly done and really balanced the story out nicely. I plan on checking out more books by McGinnis the next time I am in the mood for an intense, yet personable, survival read like this! ( )
  krau0098 | Jul 13, 2023 |
Grit and determination and the will to survive. One of the strongest female protagonists I’ve read in a while. She was running, both literally and figuratively, for pleasure, for a better life, from hurt and pain, in the end for herself. ( )
  Z_Brarian | Dec 12, 2022 |
“If you’re quiet in the woods long enough, you’ll hear something die.”
― Mindy McGinnis, Be Not Far from Me

Wow. The reviews for this one are sort of all over the place. I am in the "I liked it" category.

To be honest, I did not think I would. Survivalist stories are not usually my cup of t ea. But this one I was curious about. It really sounded good.

And it was.

Yes, as others have said 90 percent of the book has no actual dialogue. Ashley is alone and lost through most of the story . I however did not mind that so much.

Ashley herself I liked. She is kickass and tough and she takes no crap. I would not last a day in those circumstances. I respected her greatly.

She was also such a lost child in so many ways. Her thought process was so fascinating. In some ways she is old beyond her years. In other ways she is so innocent. She was fascinating to read about.

A word of warning..this is not for the faint of heart. I happen to be one of those faint of heart people who took a chance on this one and though I liked it..there is so much gore that I had to skim sections.

Also..as a person who hates animal violence in any book..I had to steel myself. YES,there is some. And that includes one scene involving a Possum that just about broke my heart. So PROCEED WITH CAUTION in regards to animal brutality.

I mean..it has to be there. I knew it would be., It is a survival book. Still, it almost lost me a few times. I doubt I could read it again.

But it is just so well written. I most likely would have given it a five without that Possum scene.

Ash is funny and also touching. Her wit was great. And I found her ruminations on the Meth lab hilarious.

I found the bond between her and her dad beautiful and touching.

Davey? So powerful. No spoilers on that one. I just can't.

If there was one other complaint, it is about the end. SPOILERS:

I wanted more of a confrontation between her and Duke. I really did. I mean..he WAS the reason she got lost..I'd have liked to see them actually communicate..see why he did what he did, if he ever really loved Ash etc. I realize this book is not romance but his character plays a huge role and I really wanted to know what he was thinking.

To sum up..a unique and powerful realistic YA book that I would not be surprised to see up for some GR Noms. Highly Recommended. ( )
  Thebeautifulsea | Aug 4, 2022 |
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Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

Hatchet meets Wild in this harrowing YA survival story about a teenage girl's attempt to endure the impossible, from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Female of the Species, Mindy McGinnis.

The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof.

So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine.

Morning brings the realization that she's alone??and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest and with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive with the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.

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