Normally I like books by this author, but I struggled with this one for some reason. Just putting it down for now and will try at some later date to get back into it. ( )

I actually enjoyed the very slow build up and the in depth descriptions of the gold mining process. This slow build up of dread was very well written with decent and realistic dialogue. Good characterization; and how I imagine those that follow the spirit of Jack London are similar in real life. The author must have some experience in this field. Found the actual climax though dragged on, and without spoiling anything, some bits towards the end rather unbelievable and hollywood-ish; esp. in regards to how well and realistic the characters physical condition was described previously. Kindle formatting wasn't justified as well which I found strangely annoying. ( )

The first 7 or 8 chapters were very slooowwww. A lot of it was uneccesary fluff and needed to be cut down to about two chapters. If you can get through that opening though the rest of the book is really good and worth reading especially if you like reading about gold mining or keeluts/ hellhounds. ( )